<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620361.post-8220424026422414918</id><published>2009-04-21T21:02:00.003+04:00</published><updated>2009-04-21T21:12:37.822+04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='money laundering'/><title type='text'>Pirates &amp; Laundry</title><summary type='text'>The independant muddies Dubai's name in the somailian pirates extravanza. How? Organised piracy syndicates operating in Dubai and other Gulf states are laundering vast sums of money taken in ransom from vessels hijacked off the Horn of Africa.Investigators hired by the shipping industry have told The Independent that around $80m (£56m) has been paid out in the past year alone – far more than has </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.grapeshisha.com/feeds/8220424026422414918/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21620361&amp;postID=8220424026422414918' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21620361/posts/default/8220424026422414918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21620361/posts/default/8220424026422414918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.grapeshisha.com/2009/04/pirates-laundry.html' title='Pirates &amp; Laundry'/><author><name>grapeshisha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00647015483310802719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02796370215474562378'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry>