Governmental
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Pirates Freed
EUNAVFOR has released 18 suspected pirates that had been detained by the Finnish warship “FNS POHJANMAA” since the 6 April. They were released after requests to a number of states, […]
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Big Problem
The U.S. State Department does not want to see “guns-for-hire” on the high seas. The prospect of having armed security guards ward off pirates presents a number of legal problems, according […]
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Cash Calls
The UN’s Trust Fund to Support Initiatives of States Countering Piracy off the Coast of Somalia is close to financial collapse, and the shipping industry is being called on to […]
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Sink Pirate Vessels
According to a recent article, the UK Government has been told that ‘even if it means hostages are killed’ pirate vessels must be sunk. In a recent Yachting Monthly article […]
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New EU NAVFOR Command
On 14 April, in a ceremony held at the Commercial Port of Djibouti, Portuguese Commodore Alberto Correia took over the command of Task Force 465 (TF 465) as the new European […]
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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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Joint Patrols
India and Thailand have agreed to pursue high-level dialogue on defence cooperation to tackle the menace of piracy. In a joint statement the leaders noted that coordinated patrolling was already […]
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Air Support
After months of fending off criticism over its contribution to international anti-piracy efforts, Norway’s Defence Ministry has decided to send surveillance aircraft to Somalia, to aid NATO’s anti-piracy operation. Norwegian […]
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Joined Up Action
The East African Community (EAC) secretariat has called upon member states of the trading bloc to jointly deal with Somali pirates whose attacks on commercial ships are stunting the region’s […]
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Special Force
United Arab Emirates special forces stormed a cargo ship hijacked in the Arabian Sea, freeing the crew and detaining the pirates on Saturday. The bulk carrier “MV Arrilah-1” came under […]
