Maritime Crime

  • MSDF continues Somali patrols

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    MSDF sign up for another year. Japan extends by one year MSDF anti-piracy mission off Somalia The Japanese government decided on Friday to extend the Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (MSDF) anti-piracy […]

  • Laws for South China Sea?

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    Region needs legislation, says former CG Commandant. Busy Coast Guards Show Law Needed in South China Sea, Allen Says By Jason Koutsoukis With non-military actors like coast guards increasingly active […]

  • Indo fires on Chinese boat

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    Indonesia continues crackdown on illegal fishing. Indonesian navy fires on Chinese boat, injures fisherman: Beijing ministry BEIJING – An Indonesian naval vessel fired on a Chinese fishing boat on Friday, […]

  • Delta militants in new attack

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    Delta Avengers strike again. NDA Claims Another Pipeline Attack in Niger Delta, New Group Enter Fray By CHARLES KENNEDY As alleged peace talks break down before getting off the ground, […]

  • Indonesia’s marsec concerns

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    Indonesia focuses on maritime threat. Maritime security poses threat: Indonesia Maritime security and terrorism are the two main threats to regional stability, Indonesia’s defence minister says, urging countries involved in […]

  • New worries for Delta

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    Niger Delta Avengers threaten shipping. NDA Threatens To Sink Oil Tankers In a press statement released on the group’s official website, the NDA also restated its intention to attack the […]

  • UN, EU agree Med arms patrols

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    Patrols will now look for guns as well as people smugglers. U.N. approves high seas crackdown on Libya arms smuggling BY MICHELLE NICHOLS The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday […]

  • Who are the Niger Delta Avengers?

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    Lifting the veil on the Delta’s militants. Who are the Niger Delta Avengers? By Dirk Steffen Background The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) are Nigeria’s “new” Niger Delta militancy phenomenon. They […]

  • War risk removed for Malacca

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    Smoother sailing for SE Asia. Straits of Malacca removed from war risk zone Lee Choon Fai KUALA LUMPUR: The Straits of Malacca has been removed from a war risk zone […]

  • Marsec ideas for E. Asia

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    The urgent need for an international co-operation mechanism on marine security and safety in East Asia was highlighted at an international workshop in the northern province of QuảngNinh that concluded […]

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