Law Enforcement

  • HMCS Toronto intercepts narcotics at sea

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    Deployed under the command of CTF 150, HMCS Toronto successfully disrupted 239 kilos of hashish and 10 kilos of heroin in the Red Sea as part of ongoing counter terrorism […]

  • IMO Restructuring

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    IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has agreed to a restructuring of IMO’s Sub-Committees, in order to deal more effectively with the technical and operational issues covered by IMO regulations. IMO […]

  • Nuclear detection research

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    An international team of researchers, special forces operators, first responders and scientists recently conducted a globe-spanning experiment designed to detect and destroy ship-borne nuclear threats. NPS leads global team in […]

  • IMO welcomes adoption of piracy code

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    IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has welcomed the signature by 22 States of the Code of Conduct concerning the prevention of piracy, armed robbery against ships and illicit maritime activity in […]

  • Abandoned in Paris

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    A 35-year-old Somali fisherman, wrongly accused by the French government of being a pirate, has spent five lonely years in Paris – mostly behind bars. The Somali fisherman abducted and […]

  • Ten arrested after dramatic rescue

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    Ten people have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in people smuggling after a sea rescue in the English Channel early this morning. Ten arrested after dramatic rescue in […]

  • The Rise of Narco Submarines

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    In the Caribbean, U.S. authorities have in the past year found that semi-submersible and fully submersible vessels are the narco-terrorists’ transportation method of choice. Drug Interdiction: The Rise of Terror […]

  • Somali al-Shabab leader captured

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    The head of the Islamist militant group linked to piracy, al-Shabab, in Somalia’s north-eastern region of Puntland has been captured, an official told the BBC. Somali al-Shabab leader Abdikafi Mohamed […]

  • Canadian Warship Disrupts Drug Shipment

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    Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Toronto successfully disrupted her fifth – and by far the largest – narcotics shipment since March of this year. Canadian Warship Disrupts Terrorism Activities in […]

  • Evidence Handling Training

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    During a port visit to the Seychelles, EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) warship HSwMS Carlskrona conducted evidence handling training with the Seychellois Coastguard. EU Naval Force Warship HSwMS Carlskrona Conducts […]

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