Maritime Crime

  • Panama finds two MiG jet fuselages

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    Panamanian security forces searching a North Korean ship detained last week for illegally carrying weapons have found two military jet fuselages. The cargo search continues. Seized N Korean ship: Panama […]

  • N Korea urges Panama to release ship

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    In its first comments on the case, North Korea has urged Panama to release without delay its ship and crew, seized after weapons were found on board. North Korea urges Panama […]

  • Seized ship: Cuban weapons on board

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    Cuba has admitted being behind a stash of weapons found hidden on board a North Korean ship seized in the Panama Canal last week. Seized N Korean ship: Cuban weapons […]

  • Worrying Surge in Piracy in Gulf of Guinea

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    The number of attacks by pirates worldwide has fallen in the last year but armed robbery and kidnappings at sea have surged off the coast of west Africa Worrying surge […]

  • Jakarta passes the buck on asylum-seekers

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    The primary strategy of transit countries such as Indonesia in response to the influx of asylum-seekers is to pass the buck to destination countries such as Australia. Jakarta passes the […]

  • AIS For All

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    All vessels using international waters should be identifiable and be part of a global tracking system to close a “security loophole” on the high seas. Concern over ‘high seas security […]

  • Oil theft on the rise in the Niger Delta.

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    Governor Dickson of Bayelsa has said that oil theft is a threat to national security and responsible for the proliferation of arms in the Niger Delta. Niger Delta militants steal […]

  • Cyber Security at Ports Insufficient

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    A Coast Guard commander says ports, including L.A. and Long Beach, are vulnerable to a cyber attack that could cripple the economy Cyber security at ports insufficient, study says By Ken […]

  • HMCS Toronto intercepts narcotics at sea

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    Deployed under the command of CTF 150, HMCS Toronto successfully disrupted 239 kilos of hashish and 10 kilos of heroin in the Red Sea as part of ongoing counter terrorism […]

  • Nuclear detection research

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    An international team of researchers, special forces operators, first responders and scientists recently conducted a globe-spanning experiment designed to detect and destroy ship-borne nuclear threats. NPS leads global team in […]

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