GoA & Indian Ocean

  • Understanding Piracy Threat

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    With limited alternatives to bypass dangerous waters, Middle East supply chains are facing increased risk from piracy. GPCA: Report suggests ways to tackle piracy risk By John Baker, ICIS A […]

  • Counter-Piracy Exercise

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    Guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill and other U.S. Navy assets participated in a counter-piracy exercise with elements of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Navy) PLA(N) near the Horn of […]

  • Killing of Fishermen

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    …From 500 meters away, gunshots erupted from the tanker toward Quanas’s skiff and its unarmed fishermen. Two rounds pierced the water on the motorboat’s starboard side, and a third slammed into […]

  • Violence Escalates

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    In it’s most recent piracy report, One Earth Future Foundation has stated that 10% of hostages on hijacked vessels experienced extreme torture including starvation and simulated drowning Somali Pirate Hostages […]

  • Moving on Kismaayo

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    After nearly a year in Somalia, Kenya is preparing to commence its assault on Kismaayo, Al-Shabaab’s strategic and financial outpost, and the current front line of the concerted counter-insurgency campaign […]

  • Business Booms

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    For now, at least, the maritime security firms and their armed guards appear to be winning the war on piracy — and earning millions. Pirate Attacks Down as Private Maritime […]

  • Silver Lining

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    According to a report released on August 12, the maritime security business in the Indian Ocean is booming as ships turn to private military security companies (PMSC) to help in the […]

  • Piracy to Stay in Retreat

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    Navy and security officials say that aggressive navy action, private armed security teams and defensive measures by ships will ensure that Somali pirate activity will remain low despite the end […]

  • Two more Trials

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    A piracy trial in German has closed and is awaiting a verdict, while a new Dutch piracy trial is set to begin. The German trial is the first piracy prosecution in that […]

  • Pirates and Privateers

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    The fight against Somali-based pirates is becoming a private battle as global defence cuts reduce naval counter-piracy deployments. Because governments have struggled to contain the spread of piracy in the […]

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