EMEA
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Greenpeace Activists Arrested After Reoccupying Oil Rig Near Invergordon, Scotland; 14 Protesters Arrested in Total
June 14: Greenpeace activists who re-occupied an oil rig in the Cromarty Firth just hours after police moved in to end the protest have been arrested. A police operation on […]
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Egyptian Authorities Seize Approx. 2 Tonnes of Cannabis and Over 8m Captagon tablets at Port Said
June 14: The General Directorate of Drug Control in the Interior Ministry thwarted an attempt to smuggle a drug shipment of about two tons of cannabis, and over eight million […]
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UPDATE: Fujairah & Gulf of Oman Attacks
June 13: Further to initial reports, it has now been confirmed that early this morning, two tankers (FRONT ALTAIR and KOKUKA COURAGEOUS) were attacked in the eastern approaches to the […]
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Two New Tankers Targetted Near Strait of Hormuz – Early Reports Indicate Possible Projectiles
June 13: Two more vessels have reportedly been attacked, almost exactly a month after three vessels were attacked by likely limpet mines off the coast of Fujairah in the territorial […]
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Cocaine Worth Nearly €1m Seized at Port of Antwerp, Belgium
June 07: Belgian customs authorities seized 19 kilos of cocaine – worth approx. €950,000 euros – that had been concealed in a refrigerated container from Colombia. As one of the […]
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$70M Worth of Cocaine Seized in St Petersburg Port, Russia
June 11: Russian customs officials have seized 400 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipping container transporting canned fish from Ecuador, the Federal Customs Service (FTS) said in a statement Tuesday. The […]
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India Bans Its Seafarers from Nigeria, Gulf of Guinea Due to Piracy Risk
June 07: The Directorate General of Shipping in India has banned Indian seafarers from working in vessels in Nigerian waters and the Gulf of Guinea, due to the increasing risk […]
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Australian Frigate Seizes Over 6 Tonnes of Narcotics in 6 days As Part of CTF-150
June 12: Royal Australian Navy Frigate HMAS Ballarat has seized a total of 6,828kg of narcotics in a 6 day period worth a regional wholesale value of over $3.5m (USD) […]
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Israeli Navy Arrests Stowaway Suspected of Attempted Arson on Cargo Vessel Near Haifa
June 10: The Israel Navy arrested a stowaway aboard a Turkish merchant ship on Sunday after the man was suspected of attempting to set the vessel on fire outside Haifa […]
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CSIS: Assessing the Risks of Chinese Investments in Sub-Saharan African Ports
Full report available here. Chinese investments in sub-Saharan African ports1 present potential threats to U.S. influence in sub-Saharan Africa as well as African sovereignty. A recent CSIS report, Influence and Infrastructure: […]
