Track fiscal trail of ransom money paid to pirates: Navy chief

Admiral Verma said due to spread in area of operations of pirates closer to India's island territories, the country had to increase its deployment in the anti-piracy campaign.India was "particularly concerned" about the safety of mariners in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) as it was geographically centred aside the major shipping routes in the region, he said, adding the Navy has deployed its warships in the Gulf of Aden since 2008."So far, of the nearly 1800 ships that have been escorted by

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