Industry Sector

  • Double Dipping

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    According to a marine investigator, shipowners may be defrauding insurers by “double claiming” for pirate attacks due to perceived lack of clarity over where they should be making their claims. […]

  • Hornet’s Nest

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    Kenya’s campaign to destroy al-Shabab’s capability to conduct kidnapping raids and damage its piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden was a mistake, J. Peter Pham, director of the Michael […]

  • Somalia Stalemate

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    Many still see Afghanistan as the world’s trouble spot, but in reality the country that continues to have what seems to be the most insurmountable difficulties is Somalia. A troubled […]

  • Freedom Demand

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    A South African couple kidnapped by Somali pirates a year ago has made a direct appeal to be released. Bruno Pelizzari, 52, was captured with his partner Debbie Calitz, 49, […]

  • Escalation Concerns

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    The ITF has welcomed the latest statement of determination to prevent piracy from the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, US Navy Admiral James Stavridis. The organisation has raised, concerns, over the […]

  • Dirty Cash

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    Cooperation between Somalia’s al Qaeda linked militants and pirate gangs is reported to be growing. The al Shabaab group has become more desperate for funding, the head of the U.N.’s […]

  • Turning Tide

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    The unrelenting rise in piracy attacks could be stemmed, if the speech of a British minister is any indication. Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham, speaking to the British Chamber of […]

  • Citizen Concern

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    The Georgian government is doing everything to free its citizens captured by Somali pirates, Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze told journalists. He said it is particularly difficult case and the […]

  • UN Action

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    All U.N. member states should make piracy a crime as the problem surges in Somalia, the Security Council has stated. Council members unanimously agreed to ask all U.N. member states […]

  • Insurance Demands

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    A number of kidnap and ransom insurers are demanding the presence of armed guards on vessels transiting the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean before they will provide cover. […]

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