Month: June 2012

  • Captives Describe Ordeal

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    Men who were held captive by Somali pirates will retell their traumatic stories in a documentary that will show on the first day of a global anti-piracy conference next week. […]

  • Handcuffed for Two Years

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    Deborah Calitz and Bruno Pelizzari, captured in late 2010 from a yacht off the coast of Tanzania,  were handcuffed throughout the nearly two years they were held by Somali pirates. […]

  • Keeping Pirates at Bay

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    The adoption of private armed security forces on ships traversing the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden shipping corridor has led to a serious drop in piracy incidents in 2012, delegates heard […]

  • Somalia Thanks UAE

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    The chief of Somalia’s anti-piracy task force has thanked the UAE government for contributing to a programme that is helping the war-ravaged African country turn the tide in the battle […]

  • Swift Visit

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    High Speed Vessel Swift’s (HSV 2) civilian master and military detachment officer-in-charge discussed combating piracy and continued cooperation efforts during an office call with Tanzanian naval leadership. Swift Leaders discuss […]

  • Challenging Sea Power

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    The anti-maritime crimes arm of the International Chambers of Commerce in its 2011 piracy report documented that there were 439 reported incidents of piracy worldwide, slightly better than 2010 during […]

  • Strategic Solutions

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      Global security corporation, Strategic Solutions, has unveiled a new online resource. Strategic Solutions offers security services for companies operating in international and domestic markets. Strategic Solutions Partnership Announces New […]

  • Terrorists’ Trojan Horse

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    MILLIONS of cargo containers are unloaded from ships each year at American seaports, providing countless opportunities for terrorists to smuggle and unleash a nuclear bomb or weapon of mass destruction […]

  • Patrol Boats

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    In what seems like a strategy to improve the nation’s marine security, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) is expected to deliberate on a contract for the design and construction of […]

  • New Ops Centre

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    On Wednesday 23 June His Excellency Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti, attended the opening of the new Djiboutian Naval Operations Centre. EU Naval Force Welcomes Opening […]

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