GoA & Indian Ocean

  • Video: Inside Somalia with the Pirates

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    The number of successful Somali pirate attacks has halved following the introduction of armed guards and anti-piracy measures. But as Jamal Osman reports, this leads pirates to take greater risks. […]

  • EUNAVFOR Flagship Assists Iranian Dhow

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    On 17 January 2012, following coordination with a Danish Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft operating on a search mission for pirate ships, the Spanish Combat Supply Ship SPS PATIÑO, Flagship […]

  • Seized “Mother Ship” Returned

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    Royal Navy hands fishing boat to Yemen authorities in counter-piracy operation. The Royal Navy handed over a pirated fishing vessel to the Yemen authorities today as part of its counter-piracy […]

  • Flagship Attackers to be Tried in Spain

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    It has been confirmed that the Spanish judicial authorities will prosecute the six Somali suspected pirates, who attacked the EU NAVFOR Flagship, the SPS PATINO on 12 January. Following receipt […]

  • Anthony Sharp on Typhon

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    After teaming up with Simon Murray to launch Typhon, the British entrepreneur Anthony Sharp has given an interview to The Telegraph in which he speaks of the partnership with the […]

  • Pirates Free Crew

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    According to Reuters Africa, following the payment of a $4 million ransom Somali pirates have freed the crew of a Maltese-flagged chemical tanker. Citing Somalia Report’s piracy expert Andrew Mwangura […]

  • Piracy Boosts Puntland Economy

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    New research suggests piracy has led to widespread economic development in some parts of Somalia. The study, published by British think-tank Chatham House, looked at detailed satellite imagery. Regional centres […]

  • New EU NAVFOR Deputy Operation Commander

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    Rear Admiral Christian Canova (French Navy) hands over the responsibility of Deputy Operation Commander of the European Union Naval Force Somalia, Operation ATALANTA to Rear Admiral Rainer Endres (German Navy) […]

  • Pirate attack on the EU NAVFOR Flagship

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    At first light on 12 January 2012, having just completed the escort of a World Food Programme ship carrying food-aid into Somalia and while operating close to the Somali port […]

  • NATO Neutralises Mother Ships

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    Over the last 3 days in two separate operations Units of NATO’S Counter Piracy Task Force 508 successfully identified and neutralised two ocean going dhows that had been pirated and […]

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