Author: Johanna Loock
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Cocaine Worth €1.5m Seized At Rosslare Port From Car Travelling From Cherbourg
March 09: Cocaine with an estimated street value of more than €1.5 million has been seized by customs officers at Rosslare Europort, Co Wexford, Ireland. Two men in their 20s were arrested by […]
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Suspicious Activity Reported Southwest of Bab-el-Mandeb On Sunday
March 08: The UKMTO received multiple reports of skiffs in position 12.366667, 43.950000 southwest of the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait. Source: UKMTO
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ReCAAP: Situation of Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia in February 2020
ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre today released the February 2020 Report on the situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia. Overview A total of 10 incidents of armed robbery against ships […]
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$13m Worth of Weapons Smuggled Through Djibouti Port Seized in Ethiopia; 24 Suspects Arrested
March 11: Intelligence officials have told state-owned Ethiopian TV that a “container full of illegal firearms” that entered the country through the port of Djibouti has been seized. Officials are […]
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Egypt and UAE Establish Libya Naval Commando Unit To Counter Turkish Naval Interests In Mediterranean
March 09: A special naval commandos unit made of of dozens of Libyan fighters has been setup with the help of the UAE to carry out operations against Turkey’s naval […]
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US to Warn Shipping Industry Against Storing Iranian Oil
March 09: The Trump administration will soon issue advisories warning shippers, port officials and insurance companies against the practice of storing Iranian oil and avoiding U.S. sanctions on Iran, a […]
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US State Department Reports Tanzania Is East African Narcotics Trafficking Hub
March 08: Tanzania is East Africa’s biggest hub for drugs trafficking, a US government agency has said, putting Dar es Salaam on the radar of international anti-narcotics spies. A new […]
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Driven by Narcotics Trafficking Through Callao Port, 2019 Homicide Rate in Lima Peru Calculated at 8 Per 100,000
March 05: In a special report, InSight Crime analyzes the homicide rate of each of Latin America’s capital cities, identifying the factors leading to these rates of violence. […] Lima […]
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Tensions High at Port of Belize Amid Stevedore Protest
March 04: Тhіngѕ hаvе еѕсаlаtеd bеtwееn thе ѕtеvеdоrеѕ (rерrеѕеntеd bу thе Сhrіѕtіаn Wоrkеrѕ Unіоn or СWU) аnd thе Роrt оf Веlіzе Lіmіtеd (РВL), аѕ thе соmраnу hаѕ rероrtеdlу brоught іn […]
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Boarding and Theft Aboard Tug At Abidjan Anchorage, Ivory Coast
March 07, 01:50 UTC: An unauthorized person in a canoe reportedly approached and boarded an offshore tug anchored at Abidjan Anchorage, Ivory Coast. Crew noticed the presence of the person […]