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Egyptian claims unpaid money, abducts 2 Albanian fishermen
Original Publication Date: June 22, 2016 9:00PM
Publication Updated: April 28, 2025 4:10AM
TIRANA, Albania – Albanian police say an Egyptian man who claims he is owed 70,000 euros ($79,000) in back pay has captured a fishing boat with two Albanian fishermen aboard.
Police said Thursday said Adel Mohamed Sallam, 30, left the Albanian port of Durres Saturday with the captain and another fisherman.
Three days later the boat owner, who says he owes no money to Sallam, lost contact with the boat. Police say they failed to find it in Albanian waters.
Sallam reportedly called a compatriot working at the Durres port, telling him the boat was near the Egyptian port of Alexandria. Sallam reportedly threatened to sink the boat together with the two Albanian fishermen.
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