Tag: Piracy

  • MEPs on Piracy

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    Some members of the European Parliament believe that Strasbourg should provide clearer guidelines on the growing phenomenon of shipowners using private armed guards to protect their boats from pirates. Fight […]

  • Piracy Podcast

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        The Global State of Piracy An IDGA posdcast hosted By Christopher Dauer. CAPT Robert B. Ford, Sr. Data Analyst, Maritime Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), talks to […]

  • A Boost to Anti-Piracy Efforts

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    Oman and South Africa signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Cape Town on Tuesday. It includes an agreement on technical co-operation, an agreement to share lessons around peace-keeping operations, and the sale […]

  • Somali Piracy Drops

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    Kenya’s Parliamentary Defence and Foreign Relations Committee has heard testimonies from the Ministers of the Interior, Defence, and Foreign Affairs on how Al-Shabab has disrupted the economy through abduction of […]

  • Piracy Briefing to U.S. Chamber of Commerce

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    According to Andrew Shapiro, US Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, piracy has gone from a fairly ad hoc disorganized criminal endeavor to a highly developed transnational criminal enterprise. Somali piracy […]

  • Iranian Warships Thwart Pirate Attack

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    According to Iran’s Press TV, a tanker sailing from Iran’s Khark Island to the Suez Canal was attacked twice before an Iranian naval patrol forced the pirate boats to flee […]

  • GoG Attacks Double

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    Pirate activity in the region jumped 42 percent last year as 64 ships were attacked. According to AKE’s Rory Lamrock the “Attacks are rising in frequency, happening further out from […]

  • UN Protection

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    Asian shipowners to lobby global shipping industry for support on proposal to deploy UN troops on merchant vessels to combat pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean. […]

  • CISF Protection

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    India’s Central Industrial Security Force is considering a proposal to deploy armed guards onboard Indian merchant vessels Indian Merchant Ships May Get CISF Protection Against Somali Pirates Amid rising concerns […]

  • $35m on Anti-piracy Training

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    Strengthening maritime cooperation between countries to combat piracy. US Spends $35m on Anti-piracy Trainings in Africa United States (US) Sunday said it has committed about $35 million into the training […]

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