Maritime Crime

  • Govt’s Culpability in Crude Oil Theft

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    2014 report highlighted scale of problem. Govt’s Culpability in Crude Oil Theft The recent ban on 113 vessels from Nigerian territorial waters by President Muhammadu Buhari, is an indication that […]

  • 14th new vessel for Indian Coast Guard

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    Six more Fast Patrol Vessels due. Cochin Shipyard delivers fourteenth FPV to the Indian Coast Guard ahead of schedule CSL delivered the fourteenth of the series of twenty Fast Patrol […]

  • Is Southeast Asia really a piracy hot spot?

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    Call for enhanced security in the Singapore Straits. Is Southeast Asia really a piracy hot spot? Sam Bateman A recent piece by Elliot Brennan (Southeast Asia: Here be Pirates) misrepresents […]

  • MPHRP announces new head

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    In future, MPHRP’s humanitarian assistance will widen its scope. MPHRP announces new head under ISWAN Girija Shettar Tom Holmer, former head of the International Transport Workers’ Federation’s Seafarers’ Trust, has […]

  • ASEAN to discuss maritime security

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    Ongoing hijackings highlight region’s issues. Special ASEAN meeting to discuss maritime security in South China Sea A special defence cooperation meeting involving ASEAN member countries, which will discuss the issues […]

  • Govt Depts Scuttled Anti-Maritime Crimes Agency

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    The demise of PICOMMS in Nigeria. PICOMSS: How Feuding Govt Depts Scuttled Anti-Maritime Crimes Agency By Senator Iroegbu The Federal Government may have unwittingly shot itself on the foot in […]

  • Migrants ‘attacked’ at sea

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    Worrying new development for refugees. Migrants ‘attacked’ at sea between Greece and Turkey Athens (AFP) – Migrants trying to sail from Turkey to Greece are increasingly reporting being attacked by […]

  • SFO investigates Soma Oil & Gas

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    Allegations of corruption in Somalia. Serious Fraud Office investigating oil firm Soma BY MICHAEL HOLDEN AND DRAZEN JORGIC Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a criminal investigation into the British exploration […]

  • Nigerian oil thieves busted

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    Thieves and illegally refineries found. JTF arrests 18 suspected oil thieves, destroys 31 illegal refineries The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, “Operation Pulo Shield” says that it […]

  • Coastal security in India: 75 ports have ‘zero’ security

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    Lack of security raises concerns. Coastal security in India: 75 ports have ‘zero’ security Posted by: Vicky Nanjappa Bengaluru, Aug 3: It appears that India has learnt nothing from the […]

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