June 2013 As a recent addition to the European Union Naval Force operating counter-piracy missions the Indian Ocean, the HSwMS Carlskrona has certainly hit the ground running. In its most recent escapade, the Carlskrona saved a crew of fourteen Indian sailors who were being hijacked by pirates. On the morning of June 5th, an Indian dhow in the Gulf of […]
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 […]
Swiss Merchants Resort to Private Security
August 2012 In 2009, the Federal Assembly of Switzerland voted against taking part in Operation Atalanta, a European Union Naval Force effort to prevent and combat acts of piracy in the Indian Ocean. This decision, however, apparently does not prevent private Swiss shipping companies from hiring their private security firms to secure their cargo. Surely, there […]