Singapore oil tanker boarded by 'unidentified persons' off Ivory Coast
External help is said to have been sought from Spain and Europe.
China leads the world in counterfeit, pirated products, says US report
The US government identifies 39 online markets and 33 physical markets that reportedly engage in or facilitate substantial trademark counterfeiting or copyright piracy.
Turkey says no word on sailors taken by pirates off Nigeria
Last year, pirates kidnapped 130 sailors in 22 incidents in the same waters, accounting for all but five merchant seamen seized worldwide.