Maritime Crime

  • CTF 150 seizes 130kg heroin off Tanzanian coast

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    Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Regina has seized over 130kg of high-grade heroin off the coast of Tanzania. HMCS Regina’s embarked ‘Sea King’ helicopter initially observed a suspect dhow in the […]

  • Stopping West African piracy is vital

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    To a great extent Europe depends on Russia for its oil and gas. One of the biggest possible alternative suppliers is the Gulf of Guinea, which is thought to have […]

  • CMF shares its ‘story’ with delegates at UNODC conference

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    A delegation from the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) attended the 57th session of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) between 18 and […]

  • Sanctions on illicit crude oil exports

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    The Security Council today unanimously adopted a resolution condemning attempts to illicitly export crude oil from Libya and imposing sanctions on vessels involved in such efforts. Security Council imposes sanctions […]

  • Ecuador’s Cocaine Pirates

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    Ecuador has become a maritime drug transfer point for traffickers from Mexico and Colombia. The fishing boats are hijacked or used as service stations, and the ports are a major […]

  • CMF Ship Seizes Cannabis Resin

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    Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) warship, Her Majesty’s Australian Ship (HMAS) Darwin, has seized and destroyed more than three tonnes of cannabis resin. CMF Ship Seizes Cannabis Resin after High Speed […]

  • Cannabis resin labelled ‘Basmati Rice’

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    Operating as part of Combined Task Force 150, the French Destroyer FS Jean Bart and Australian frigate HMAS Darwin have seized 646 kilograms of cannabis resin from a narcotics smuggler […]

  • Eleven held over ‘human smuggling’

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    Eleven people are in custody in the Netherlands as part of a “human smuggling” investigation after two people reportedly jumped from a North Sea ferry. Stena ferry ‘jump’: Eleven held […]

  • Narcotic seizure

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    Two warships operating under Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) have worked together to seize and destroy 1951 kilograms of cannabis resin from an illegal narcotics smuggler in the Arabian Sea. CMF […]

  • Countering Crime in Gulf of Guinea

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    Ghana’s Chief of Naval Staff is convening a conference of senior international Admirals and naval experts to find solutions to security in the Gulf of Guinea GHANA NAVY MOVES TO […]

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