September 2012 Although the international community is seeing the first reduction in piracy in the Indian Ocean since a global response in 2008, maritime authorities are warning merchants that the international naval operations won’t be able to go on forever. Indeed, their conclusion may be sooner rather than later. As defense budgets get cut world-wide, […]
The Forgotten Hostages
August 2012 The crew of the MV Iceberg 1 was hijacked in the spring of 2010, and to this day, the crew is still held captive. They have been seemingly forgotten by countries and other organizations, and are the longest-held maritime hostages in modern history. Completely abandoned by their irresponsible and profit-seeking shipping company, the situation […]
House of Lords Report Credits EUNAVFOR and Private Security
The European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) has been conducting Operation Atalanta since 2008. The operation is an effort to combat and prevent piracy in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden. Finally, it seems that 2012 is seeing the first significant dip in number of pirate attacks in this area. The United Kingdom’s House of Lords just […]
Counter-Piracy Exercise
September 2012 On September 17th, 2012, the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston Churchill and other U.S. Navy assets conducted a joint counter-piracy exercise with the frigate Yi Yang of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy in the waters off the east coast of Africa. This marks the first bi-lateral counter-piracy training exercise conducted between the two […]
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