The Minister of Justice for the Puntland region of Somalia has expressed his appreciation of the way the island nation of Seychelles is contributing to the international effort to rid the waters of East Africa of piracy. Abdikilif Sheik Hassan, from the semi-autonomous region of Puntland issued this statement when recently visiting with Joel Morgan, […]
Floating Armouries Pirate Risk
January 2013 Private security firms have begun to increase their use of floating armories to store weapons at sea. These arms stores, located in international waters, are key for contractors, who in many cases, are not permitted to carry weapons aboard ships entering certain ports. The floating armories are in fact ships, stocked with assault […]
Death Penalty
September 2012 Prosecutors in Malaysia have offered a group of seven suspected Somali pirates the opportunity to plea bargain, confessing to crimes lesser than those they are charged with. The charges they currently face carry the death penalty, but Malaysian prosecutors have given them a chance to avoid that penalty. Malaysia is the fist country […]
Deadly Exchange
July 2, 2012 Indonesian navy personnel traded fire with three pirates in the Strait of Malacca, injuring two pirates and killing one. The Strait of Malacca is a dangerous area of piracy in the first place, and the time period right before the Idul Fitri holiday often sees a spike in piracy. The incident occurred after the Navy […]