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'Toxic waste' behind Somali piracy

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Somali pirates have accused European firms of dumping toxic waste off the Somali coast and are demanding an $8m ransom for the return of a Ukranian ship they captured, saying the money will go towards cleaning up the waste. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the UN envoy for Somalia confirmed the world body has "reliable information" that European and Asian companies are dumping toxic waste, including nuclear waste, off the Somali coast
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