An Italian tanker seized by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea off Benin earlier this week has been freed, Italy\'\'s Ansa news agency said on Friday. The ship was heading for a safe place and \"the members of the crew are in good health\", the captain was reported as saying. The Rbd Anema e Core and its crew comprising 20 Filipino seamen, two Italians and a Romanian captain was captured early on Sunday. ANSA said three pirates managed to board the ship, which was carrying fuel oil, 23 nautical miles south of Cotonou, the economic capital of Benin.