Lost fishing boat 'taken by pirates' claim The families of two Gran Canarian men who have been missing for more than a week since leaving the south of Spain with a newly-acquired fishing boat say they fear the vessel may have been hijacked by pirates off Morocco.

Tenerife Santa Úrsula Penthouse to sell New Penthouse in Sta. Ursula. ... more details Gran Canaria - 21.03.2008 - The men -the owner of the boat and the skipper he hired for the long journey to the Canaries-  should have called their families every 100 miles of the trip but did not make even one call. Air and sea rescue units from Spain have so far failed to find any trace of them and hopes are fading fast that they will be located alive. The son of the owner told police he had dialled his father's mobile and a man speaking Arabic answered. It is also believed that the tracker fitted to the boat was switched off early into the journey, which reinforces the theory that it had been intercepted.

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