GoA & Indian Ocean

  • Global piracy under spotlight

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    International Peace Institute meets to discuss issue. As Somali Sea-Piracy Declines, Attention Turns To Southeast Asia And Other Regions NEW YORK — Piracy at sea figured prominently during a two-panel […]

  • Australian Navy Seizes $1.7bn in Drugs

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    HMAS Newcastle seizes more heroin. Australian Navy Seizes $1.7bn in Drugs In its sixth successful haul in eight weeks, Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Newcastle seized 139kg of heroin, with an estimated […]

  • The EU Maritime Security Strategy

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    The EU should be a global player. The EU Maritime Security Strategy Written by European Values Lennart Landman (Netherlands Institute of International Relations – Clingendael) For Europe, the sea has been […]

  • Somalia takes Kenya case to UN

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    Natural resources at heart of issue. Somalia to Present Case at UN Court in Maritime Spat With Kenya by Mohamed Sheikh Nor Somalia, which has mainland Africa’s longest coastline, plans to […]

  • Japan extends Somali patrols

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    Mission extended into 2016. Japan: MSDF anti-piracy mission off Somalia extended another year The government added another year to the Maritime Self-Defense Force mission to protect commercial vessels from pirate […]

  • EUNAVFOR Commander: Piracy suppressed

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    Good news for shipping, bad news for pirates. EUNAVFOR Commander: Piracy suppressed off Somalia With the mandates for EUNAVFOR’s Operation Atalanta and NATO’s Operation Ocean Shield both due to expire […]

  • Pirates cite navy as deterrent

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    EUNAVFOR and NATO due to withdraw in late 2016. Prisoner survey notes international naval presence as the primary deterrent to pirates UNODC and OBP jointly conducted an informal survey of […]

  • Dryad releases their Q2 figures

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    Southeast Asia the major concern. Maritime Crime in Southeast Asia sees a 22% increase in first half of 2015, Dryad’s latest figures show  Today, Dryad Maritime, the UK’s leading maritime […]

  • India intercepts suspicious dhow

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    Suspects caught by Coast Guard. Presence of Foreign Dhow: Kerala Seeks National Investigation Agency Probe THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  Kerala government today asked the Centre to order a probe by NIA into the case […]

  • Libya: No EU warships unless we control them

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    Government wants to control operation. EU Military in Our Waters Only if We’re in Control – Libya PM by Mark Micallef Libyans would only accept an EU military operation to target […]

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