Tag: ukraine

  • GoG military exercise starts

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    Nigeria joins military exercise in Gulf of Guinea The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday deployed six warships and 65 gunboats in a joint multinational maritime exercise comprising navies from 16 countries. […]

  • Delta hostages rescued

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    Nigerian troops rescue 3 Russian sailors, 2 others after raid of pirates’ hideout By Sumaila Ogbaje Three Russian sailors, one Ukrainian and one Equatorial Guinean kidnapped by pirates since 9 […]

  • Covid piracy surge?

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    by Theo Locherer The last quarterly report from the International Maritime Bureau shows the negative effects of the Covid-19 on maritime security. There tend to be significant upswings of piracy […]

  • WAF piracy: media to blame?

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    West African piracy remains a threat but attacks are not becoming more frequent despite headline-grabbing abduction stories in the media. That is the view of Dirk Siebels, senior analyst at […]

  • Russia Says It Has Handed Captured Naval Ships Back to Ukraine

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    November 18: Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that Moscow had successfully handed three naval ships it captured last year back to Ukraine. Ukraine has been pushing for […]

  • Ukraine Seizes Russian Tanker in Black Sea in Response to Flotilla Clash Last Year

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    July 25: Ukraine seized a Russian tanker anchored in the Black Sea on Thursday, freeing the crew but holding onto the vessel in apparent retaliation for Russia’s capture of Ukrainian […]

  • Ukraine & NATO Allies Conducting Black Sea Drills

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    July 02: About 3,000 troops from 19 countries are taking part in military drills in the Black Sea, an exercise that has raised concerns in Russia. The 12-day Sea Breeze […]

  • Two Moldovans Arrested for Smuggling $1m USD-Worth of Cocaine In Fruit Container in Odessa

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    April 23: Security Service officers, along with prosecutors and police officers from Odessa, Ukraine, have uncovered a cocaine smuggling operation using a fruit container at the port. An estimated $1,000,000 […]

  • Cocaine Worth $51m USD Seized At Yuzhny Seaport, Ukraine

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    March: Law enforcers seized nearly 200 kg of cocaine from a vessel at the Yuzhny seaport in Odesa region. A law enforcement source told media the batch of smuggled drugs […]

  • Ukraine fires on smugglers

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    Ukraine has taken new measures to increase its maritime security capabilities. Ukrainian Gunboat Fires Shots to Halt Suspected Smugglers On New Year’s Eve, the Ukrainian gunboat Pryluky intercepted a suspected smuggling vessel […]

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