Law Enforcement

  • Operation Delta Safe

    New name, new tasks. Nigerian military scraps Niger Delta ‘Operation Pulo Shield’ Abdulkareem Haruna The Nigerian military has scrapped its joint military task force in the restive Niger Delta. The […]

  • Piracy watch

    Monitoring the hot spots. Tracking Global Piracy Trends Across The Seas Piracy has existed since the conception of shipping, and pirate attacks on vessels continue to disrupt trade, raising vessel […]

  • New WAF service for Risk Intelligence

    Intelligence focus on West Africa. Risk Intelligence launches new service providing overview of operational and regulatory risks of privately contracted maritime security in West Africa. Maritime operations in West Africa […]

  • Tracking the drug trade

    Tackling the traffickers.  From Afghanistan to Africa: Heroin trafficking in East Africa and the Indian Ocean CARINA BRUWER Interest in drug trafficking in Africa has typically focused on cocaine in […]

  • Delta oil thieves nabbed

    Nigerian Navy claim victory. Navy raids Delta community, destroys illegal refinery Chrisantus Obi-Ezechukwu The Nigerian Navy in its ongoing effort to maintain and sustain security in the nation’s maritime area, […]

  • Drones for Indian Navy?

    India had previously shown interest in purchasing these drones from the US, but attempts were thwarted as India was not a member of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). India seeks […]

  • Inside the IFC

    Inside the IFC. International Fusion Centre tackles ship hijackings BY RAZAK AHMAD SINGAPORE: When pirates hijack a ship in Asian waters, an international maritime security outfit known as the Information […]

  • Nigerian Navy gets new toy

    Hopes new kit will help maritime security. Navy launches equipment to protect water ways The Nigerian Navy yesterday reiterated its commitment to protect the nation’s water ways devoid of any […]

  • Nigerian piracy makes waves

    World slowly waking up to the threat to shipping. Pirates Go West: Somali Piracy Crisis Shifts to Nigeria LUKE DOOGAN Remember the British yachting couple held in the Somali desert […]

  • New safe route for SE Asia

    New corridor to reduce piracy threat. Three southeast Asian nations to designate shipping corridor in piracy battle Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines on Monday agreed to designate a transit corridor […]