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UAE to Target ‘Pirate Kingpins’
The UAE has said the international response to maritime piracy should be increasingly led and owned by states in the region directly affected UAE: Target
Olympic Security Operation
The Royal Marines have been exercising with the Metropolitan Police Marine Policing Unit (MPU) on the Thames as part of Olympic safety and security planning for the London Olympics. Royal Marines ...
Indian Dhow Released
After three days of persistent pressure, FGS LUEBECK has forced Somali pirates to release an Indian dhow with 15 Indian mariners held as hostages. On the 17 January 2012 the EU ...
On Trial
France has opened its first Somali piracy trial with six men appearing before a Paris court. The six are accused of taking a French couple hostage on their boat off the ...
Prison Break
Two Somali pirates, including one of Somalia’s most famous and ineffectual seafaring criminals, have escaped from Berbera Jail after bribing their prison guards, officials and residents in the Somaliland port ...
Prosecution Problems
Industry experts have voiced concerns that only a small fraction of the pirates operating in seas around the world are successfully prosecuted. Following arrest it seems that only around 1.4 percent are ...
Regulation Demands
Members of the European parliament have called for fresh regulations on armed guards protecting vessels from piracy, as countries struggle to combat the attacks, kidnappings and ransom demands that cost ...
Sea Patrols
Kenya has established six patrol bases near the border with Somalia following the recent kidnapping of two tourists in Lamu. The bases at Manda, Shella, Kiwayu and Kipuni will comprise personnel ...
UK Bases
UK Ministers plan to despatch officers from the Serious and Organised Crime Agency to staff a new Indian Ocean unit dedicated to hunting pirate financiers, who provide start-up cash for ...Next Page »