Tag: Pirates

  • Somali Pirates Sentenced

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    MSR’s correspondent in Italy Enzo Mangini reports on the sentencing of the 8 Somalis accused of the attempted hijack of the Italian merchant vessel Montecristo. Somali Pirates Sentenced to 16 […]

  • UN calls for tougher prosecution of pirates

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    Acknowledging that international cooperation had helped bring about a sharp reduction in attacks at sea, the Security Council stressed the need for comprehensive action to eradicate piracy and condemned in […]

  • Navy Foils Kidnap, Arrests 7 Sea Pirates In Rivers

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    The Nigeria Navy said yesterday that it has arrested seven suspected sea pirates who attacked a fishing trawler, in an attempt to kidnap its occupants on the high sea of […]

  • ‘More Sophisticated’ Pirates

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    Though piracy has significantly reduced off the Somali coast, pirates have become more organised and sophisticated, Indian Navy officers l have said. Commanding officer of Indian naval ship Deepak, Balbir […]

  • Somali Pirates Expand Operations

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    According to a senior US official, Somali pirates now have expanded their operations as far as the west coast of India. Somali pirates expand operations till West Coast of India Somali […]

  • Security Forces Kill 14 Kidnappers

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    Nigerian security forces stormed the hideout of the kidnappers of a Turkish national in oil-rich Rivers State and killed 14 of them in a shootout, police said Saturday. “The hoodlums […]

  • Fighting Pirates

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    Why Fighting Pirates Is Both Good and Bad for PSC. If you have been paying any attention at all this year to the piracy situation off Somalia you may remember […]

  • Iranian Dhow Saved

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    EU Naval Force frigate FGS Sachsen saved Iranian dhow from suspected pirates (2nd update) On Saturday, 20 October 2012, the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) German frigate FGS Sachsen located […]

  • EU Naval Force Capture Suspect Pirate Boat

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    EUNAVFOR has this week released a video of its flagship, ITS San Giusto, destroying a skiff belonging to suspected pirates in the Somali Basin.  With the monsoon season ending this […]

  • No country for Pirates

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    The problem is far from over, however, the mix of armed private security and the international naval armada appears to be winning the war on piracy in the Horn of Africa. […]

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