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Catching The Pirate King

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1 season | 3 episodes | 52 min

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In 2009, the Indian Ocean is the stage for a wave of daring hijackings. Somalian pirates in skiffs attack dozens of ships and take the crews hostage in exchange for large sums of money. This is also the fate of the Belgian ship the Pompei. Back in Brussels, a dedicated team does everything it can to free the 10-man crew. Meanwhile, the Belgian police identifies the culprits and decides to go after them. They zoom in on the leader of the biggest pirate cartel and put together a risky undercover operation to lure him out of his hideout and into a Belgian courtroom. In this three-part documentary series, the people involved on both sides look back on this remarkable story.

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Original title

Kaping van de Pompei

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First broadcast

Aug 30, 2022

Broadcast period

Fall

Production company

Diplodokus

Producer(s)

Barbara Dyck & Maarten Bernaerts

Director(s)

Lennart Stuyck & Maarten Stuyck

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