Maritime Crime

  • Somali pirates and the HRA

    Now the shipping industry and navies face difficult choices. Somali piracy: Redrawing the boundaries By Tim Hart, Control Risks LONDON – From 1 December 2015, the shipping industry’s ‘high risk […]

  • ReCAAP November 2015 Report

    Decrease in incidents over previous months. Piracy & Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia – ReCAAP ISC November 2015 Report IN its November report on Piracy and Armed Robbery against […]

  • The pirates of Southeast Asia

    Malacca Strait is ranked the most dangerous waterway, overtaking Somalia as world’s main piracy hub in 2014. The pirates of Southeast Asia The waters of Southeast Asia have more incidents […]

  • Nigerian Navy using Falcon Eye

    Better incident reporting and transparency would help. Navy uses Israeli surveillance system to tackle piracy, oil theft By Philip Nwosu The Nigerian Navy (NN) has  inaugurated a sophisticated  Israeli-designed mass […]

  • Djibouti receives new patrol boats

    Gifted by Japan to boost security. Djibouti receives new patrol boats Djibouti has received two 20 metre patrol boats from Japan, which will be used by the Djibouti Coast Guard. […]

  • Asia’s Maritime Balance

    Bangladesh and Asia’s Maritime Balance By Paul Pryce Most discussions of South Asian maritime security are dominated by the balance of power between the Indian Navy and its Chinese counterpart, the […]

  • India, Russian navies exercise

    ‘Indra-2015’, will be conducted from December 7 to 12. Indian, Russian Navies to hold maritime exercise next week Indian Navy’s Eastern Naval Command (ENC) would be hosting the last bilateral […]

  • Malaysia nabs pirates

    Crew thrown overboard by pirates. Pair nabbed after pirates attack Thai fishing vessel Malaysian authorities on Thursday recovered a Thai-flagged fishing boat and arrested two suspected pirates after the vessel […]

  • HMAS Melbourne in drug swoop

    HMAS Melbourne in heroin haul. Australian warship makes 2nd big drug bust Australian warship HMAS Melbourne has seized 151kg of heroin from a smuggling vessel off the east coast of […]

  • Nigeria: Ex-NIMASA boss arrested

    Akpobolokemi hand picked by former president for role. EFCC Arraigns Ex-NIMASA DG, Nine Others over Alleged N1.153bn Scam The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tursday arraigned a former […]