Maritime Crime
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IMB: Piracy Incidents Fall But Kidnapping Threat Persists in Gulf of Guinea
April 08: Fewer incidents of piracy and armed robbery at sea were reported in the first three months of 2019, but risk of kidnappings continue to pose a threat to […]
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Theft At Takoradi Anchorage
March 29: On the 29th March at 02:36 UTC, three people boarded an MV (name withheld) at Takoradi port anchorage in Ghana. As soon as they were spotted by the […]
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AMATO Threatens Strike As Nigerian Customs Moves to Auction Seized Trucks
April 03: The Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO) has threatened to order its members to withdraw their services from the port over plans by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) […]
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Over 9m Pills of Narcotics Seized at Libyan Port of Al-Khoms
March 26: Libyan customs on Tuesday seized more than 9 million narcotic pills inside containers at the port of Al-Khoms in, western Libya. “Customs and inspection officials at the port […]
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645kg Marijuana Seized En Route from Haiti to Dominican Republic
March 30: Early Saturday morning, the Dominican Navy seized 645 kg of marijuana distributed in 151 packages, that 4 individuals tried to enter the Dominican territory aboard a boat about […]
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16 Passengers Aboard Cruise Ship Arrested for Cocaine Smuggling in Santos Port
March 27: Brazilian Federal Police arrested 16 passengers of the Costa Favolosa cruise ship carrying a total of 360 kilos of cocaine in their luggage (each with between 16 and […]
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Robbers Board Cargo Vessel at South Harbour Manila, Philippines
March 26: An unspecified number of robbers boarded an anchored Liberia-flagged container ship at Quarantine Anchorage area, South Harbour Manila, and escaped with some of the ship’s items. The theft […]
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Robbers Board Tanker at Jose Terminal Anchorage, Venezuela
March 27: A group of five robbers armed with knives and a pipe wrench boarded a tanker vessel anchored at Jose Terminal Anchorage at about 2310 hrs local time. The […]
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Tanker Targeted in Attempted Robberies Twice in One Week in Lagos
March 24 & 30: Six days apart, the same oil and chemical tanker was targeted in robberies in Lagos. In the first incident, during the evening of March 24, two […]
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Robbery Aboard Anchored Oil Tanker in Dominican Republic
March 21: According to late reports, an unspecified number of robbers boarded an oil tanker at San Pedro de Macoris anchorage at about 0900 hrs local time. The robbers stole […]
