Tag: maritime piracy

  • Tech War

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    Two American experts, have presented a remote-controlled aircraft capable of launching airborne cyber attacks and hijack mobile phone calls developed to combat piracy telematics. The new drone aircraft, called WASP […]

  • Tactical Fears

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    There have been concerns raised about what could be seen as a new pirate tactic, that of swarming. In a Red Sea attack the IMB reported that 12 skiffs had […]

  • Citadel Saviour

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    Pirates attacked two tankers off the coast of Benin as they were undergoing a ship-to-ship transfer. The vessels involved were the mother ship ‘Golden Sofia’ and the daughter vessel ‘Aidin’. […]

  • Cash Flow

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    The ‘hawala’ route of illegal money transactions is being used to pay Somali piracy ransoms. This is according to the top global body setting standards for combating terror financing and […]

  • Law Change

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    The Indian Directorate General of Shipping plans to issue a draft notification allowing merchant ships to deploy armed guards on board, said Satish B. Agnihotri, who heads the regulatory agency. […]

  • Rolling Total

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    According to the latest updated 2011 Reported Maritime Security Incidents – The MSR Rolling Total currently stands at: •         423  total number of incidents as at 31 Jul 11 •         […]

  • Heading Home

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    Hundreds of US sailors are coming home to Norfolk, Virginia. USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) will tie up at Naval Station Norfolk after seven months in the 5th and 6th Fleet […]

  • Famine Threat

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    Relatives of 17 Algerian sailors held by pirates since January demonstrated Wednesday to demand their release. The concerned families, fear the men may not survive Somalia’s famine and the Ramadan fast. The […]

  • Money Man

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    Prosecutors claim charges against, “the highest ranking pirate” should be dismissed because he didn’t commit robbery at sea. The accused is charged with piracy, kidnapping and weapons charges but his […]

  • Gang Warfare

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    A surge in pirate attacks off West Africa has led to mounting concern, and analysts say a gang involved in the lucrative black market for stolen fuel appears to be […]

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