Month: August 2019
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US Navy Moving Ahead to Create Special Cyber Office
August 19: The Navy Department will soon create a new office led by a special assistant to the secretary who will have sweeping authority to integrate and manage the critical […]
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Contraband Alcohol Worth Almost 100m XOF Seized at Port of Dakar
August 19: Senegalese customs agents have seized an assortment of contraband alcohol worth nearly 100 million Senegalese francs (100m XOF; approx. 170,000 USD). The alcohol was concealed in a container […]
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Bulgaria Seizes 75kg Cocaine Smuggled in Banana Shipment at Burgas Port
August 17: A warehouse worker has discovered 75 kg (165 lb) of cocaine hidden among bananas shipped from Ecuador to Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of Burgas, prosecutors and police said […]
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One Ton of Cocaine Seized in French Port of Le Havre
August 12: French customs officials confiscated cocaine worth around 74 million euros in the northern French port of Le Havre on Monday night. A ton of cocaine was discovered in […]
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Gibraltar Frees Iranian Supertanker Despite US Pleas to Stop Release; UK Appears to Attempt to Distance Itself From Seizure
August 15: Further to reports of plans to release the GRACE 1 (now renamed ADRIAN DARYA 1 and flagged with Iran), Gibraltar’s chief minister Fabian Picardo has now confirmed the […]
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FREE CSO/Airbus Workshop – Aberdeen, Scotland – October 17 2019
Calling all CSOs, PFSO, cybersecurity and security employees for a FREE workshop! Come and join CSO Alliance and Airbus Cyber to understand how we can support your employees and companies’ security risk […]
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FREE CSO/Airbus Workshop – London, UK – October 16 2019
Calling all CSOs, PFSO, cybersecurity and security employees for a FREE workshop! Come and join CSO Alliance and Airbus Cyber to understand how we can support your employees and companies’ security risk […]
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P&O Cruises Cancels Upcoming Arabian Gulf Program Amid Gulf Tensions
August 07: P&O Cruises on Wednesday announced it will withdraw from Dubai this winter amid continuing tensions over shipping in the Gulf. The cruise tourism giant said that following close […]
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HMS Kent Leaves Portsmouth For The Strait Of Hormuz
August 14: Type 23 frigate HMS Kent will relieve HMS Duncan of her duties in the Gulf and is scheduled to work alongside US partners as part of the newly-formed International Maritime Security Construct. […]
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Pakistan Passes Command of CTF 150 to the United Kingdom After Short Ceremony in Bahrain
August 08: On 8th August, a UK led joint staff of Royal Navy and French Marine Nationale assumed command of the maritime security organisation Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 from the […]
