Tag: suspected pirates
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In Denial
Foreign navies have denied involvement in an incident that claimed the lives of six suspected pirates ashore near the Somali town of Hobyo. Locals claim an unidentified naval helicopter opened […]
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Prosecuting Suspected Pirates
The following notes to assist readers in understanding the difficulties faced by EU NAVFOR in the fight against piracy: Once suspected pirates are detained, and as EU NAVFOR has no […]
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Supply Surprise
The Finnish minelayer “Pohjanmaa” has docked in Oman to refuel and resupply after an anti-piracy patrol in the Arabian Sea. Supplies had run low because countries in the region were […]
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PVI ASSIST EUNAVFOR
PVI IS TO ASSIST EUNAVFOR IN THE PROSECUTION OF SUSPECTED PIRATES On the 5th April, A PVI security team prevented an attack on the ‘Pacific Opal’. During the exchange PVI […]
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Death Threat
The threat of a Singaporean death penalty is keeping suspected pirates on board the Finnish naval vessel “Pohjanmaa”. Paddy O’Kennedy, a spokesman for EUNAVFOR reports that discussions with Singapore on […]
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Case Delay
In the US, Federal prosecutors want to push back the trial date for 14 suspected pirates by nearly a year. Thirteen Somalis and a man from Yemen have pleaded not […]
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Skiffs Destroyed
Last week a Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) warship, the “USS Lake Champlain” (CG 57) destroyed two skiffs, and successfully disrupted the activities of a group suspected of planning acts of piracy. […]