Sailing and Leisure
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Royal Yacht Association Databreach
On 17 Jan 2020, the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) announced that “an unauthorised party” stole the data from a membership database. The data breach involved theft of RYA members’ personal […]
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4 Men Jailed For Smuggling 29 Vietnamese Nationals Into UK Via Small Yacht in April 2019
February 25: Four men who smuggled 29 Vietnamese people into Britain on a small yacht before forcing them into the back of a van have been jailed. Devon and Cornwall Police were contacted on 12 […]
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Piracy Incident on Yacht Near Rio Naya, Colombia Results in 1 Dead, 1 Missing, 1 Injured
January 20: On Monday, an unspecified number of “heavily armed” persons reportedly boarded a yacht near the mouth of the Naya River on the border between Buenaventura and Cauca in […]
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Over 400 Pounds of Cocaine Seized From Sailboat at Port Everglades
December 02: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered more than 417 pounds of cocaine onboard a sailboat at Port Everglades on Monday. The estimated street value of the drugs […]
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Cocaine Worth £20m Seized From Yacht Off Welsh Coast
August 28: Cocaine with a street value of £20m has been seized and six people arrested after a sailing yacht was intercepted off the coast of Wales. National Crime Agency (NCA) officers […]
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Armed Gang Boards and Robs Tourist Boat Near Ouvea, New Caledonia
June 27: A boat carrying Australian tourists was attacked by a gang armed with rifles and machetes off the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, authorities said on Thursday (Jun […]
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319 Bricks of Narcotics Seized from Sailboat off Colon, Panama
May 27: Authorities seized 319 bricks of an unspecified type of narcotic from a boat off the coast of Colon. The drugs were hidden on the prow of a sailboat. […]
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Attempted Theft of Sailing Vessel’s Dinghy in Sorong, Indonesia
UPDATE July 02: The sailing vessel which was attacked has been identified as the EL TORO. May 22: At approx. 14:00 UTC a fishing vessel approached an anchored sailing vessel […]
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Family Attacked On Pleasure Boat in Panama; 1 Killed, 2 Injured. Suspects Arrested.
May 02: A family of three on board an anchored pleasure boat sent out a distress call after three persons boarded their boat, shot and killed one person, and injured […]
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S. Korea aids yacht in Gulf
News coincides with a suspected piracy approach on a yacht in the Gulf of Aden this week. Navy’s Cheonghae unit rescues two foreign yachts off Somali coast The South Korean […]
