Tag: Somalia
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IMO on Piracy
The International Maritime Organization’s Head of Maritime Security, Tracy Peverett, has been speaking to Reuters Insider about its plans to combat Somalia’s pirate problems. Efforts such as tracing ransom cash, […]
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Split Force
Fighting in Libya between rebels and national leader Muammar Qaddafi is diverting naval ships from anti-piracy patrols, according to the International Maritime Organization. “One has to be pragmatic and realistic […]
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No List
Following the rather surprising Lloyd’s List article a couple of weeks ago, the International Group of ‘P&I clubs has vehemently denied that it has drawn up a confidential lists of […]
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Video Appeal
Two Danish hostages held in Somalia have appealed to their government to negotiate with the pirates for their release. Video footage released from the hostages shows that the hostages crying […]
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Heading Out
The second deployment of the Royal Thai Navy anti-piracy unit with 368 naval personnel left Thailand Tuesday morning to join the international operations countering piracy off the coast of Somalia […]
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Somali Surveillance
British Special Forces troops have mounted a daring secret surveillance operation inside terror hotspot Somalia for the first time. A crack team led by the Special Boat Service spent more […]
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Pirate Exodus
Traditional elders in areas along the coastal strips of Somalia’s Bari region are worried of increasing presence of pirates in the areas. The elders say large numbers pirates are now […]
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Attack Repelled
A South Korean antipiracy unit operating off the coast of Somalia on Sunday morning repelled three ships suspected of trying to seize a Panamanian-registered chemical freight vessel, the Joint Chiefs […]
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CSI Somalia
The International forum tasked with countering piracy off the coast of Somalia, plans to set up a DNA database of pirates by the end of next year, as part of […]
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Somalia: Three Britons released
According to the BBC, Somalia has pardoned the three Britons caught bringing over £2m in cash into the country to pay a ransom to Somali pirates. The three individuals, together […]
