piracy

Piracy in Asia surged 83% in early 2023, particularly in Malacca and Singapore Straits

There were 95 piracy and armed robberies against ships in Asia from January to June this year, an 83% increase compared to the same period last year, according to data…

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Somali pirates’ return adds to crisis for global shipping companies

Pirates had been dormant for nearly a decade 2008-2014 attacks cost the global economy billions of dollars Recent pirate raids are increasing costs for shippers Pirates take advantage of security…

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India brings back 35 Somali pirates as part of operations near Red Sea

By Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI, March 23 (Reuters) - The Indian navy handed over 35 Somali pirates to the police in Mumbai on Saturday, after 100 days of anti-piracy operations…

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Indian Navy seizes Maltese-flagged ship from Somali pirates and rescues crew

Indian naval forces including special commandos seized a cargo vessel that had been hijacked by Somali pirates, rescuing 17 crew members, a spokesperson for the navy said . The navy…

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Somali piracy, once an unsolvable security threat, has almost completely stopped. Here’s why

In 2011, pirates carried out 212 attacks in a vast area spanning Somali waters, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, actions that the World Bank…

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Better pricing, quality would keep of Maltese citizens from illegal content

Despite Maltese consumers ranking the highest among their EU counterparts in accessing pirated content at 22%, a remarkable 87% of them have expressed a preference for accessing, downloading, and streaming…

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Serie A seals deal with Google against online piracy apps

Serie A said on Monday Google agreed to remove from its content platform some video apps illegally enabling users to watch live games as a part of a deal between…

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Italy’s Serie A Starts Crack Down On IPTV

Over seven hundred websites and 300 pirate IPTV platforms have been blocked by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza with a sign that appeared on users' screens during the Cagliari-Sampdoria match broadcast…

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Kidnappings by pirates up 40% in Gulf of Guinea

Kidnappings rose by 40% in the Gulf of Guinea in the first nine months of this year, and the region off West Africa’s coast now accounts for 95% of global…

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Piracy, other high seas crimes rise in Asia

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, piracy and other crimes have surged in Asian waters in the first seven months of the year, many committed by a Philippines-based Islamist group linked to…

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U.S. warns of pirates in southern Gulf of Mexico

The U.S. government on Wednesday issued a warning about the threat posed by pirates to boats and oil installations in the southern Gulf of Mexico, in the latest sign of…

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Pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden on British tanker deterred

Armed pirates attacked a British-flagged chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday but were repulsed, the ship's manager Stolt Tankers has said. The pirates approached the Stolt Apal…

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Pirates attack German container ship off West African coast

A vessel operated by Hamburg-based Bernhard Schulte Ship management was attacked by two speedboats in the Gulf of Guinea on Friday. The Maersk Tema was attacked by two speedboats off…

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