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News articles and special reports related to maritime piracy, piracy attacks, maritime crimes, and crimes on waters. We primarily focus on post-2005 events, roughly the time when the number of piracy attacks exploded and maritime piracy once more became a global security issue. Through careful selection of the items listed, we also seek to highlight regional trends and to distinguish particular types of pirates. To facilitate research, we have organized the sections geographically and chronologically.

 
PIRACY INDEX
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION

SELECTED LOCATIONS
APPROX NO OF ATTACKS 2007-2012
DIRECTORY
ASIA

Indonesia

174

Malaysia

63

Vietnam

39

Malacca Straits

11

South China Sea

57
Bangladesh
58
India
43
Sri lanka
5
 
MIDDLE EAST

Oman

7

Gulf of Aden

250

Red Sea

88
Egypt
10
 
AFRICA
Benin
21
Guinea
11
Nigeria
108
Somalia
315
Tanzania
31
The Congo
19
 
AMERICAS
Ecuador
11
Colombia
13
Peru
29
Brazil
11
Caribbean Region
40
 
Source of figures: IMB Piracy Reporting Centre. Annual Report 2012

Pirate guards need global guidelines: U.N. agency. Armed guards employed on merchant ships to repel attacks by pirates should be subject to new standards to ensure they abide by international law while on the high seas, theInternational Maritime Organization said. By Reuters, May 17, 2013: TEXT

International maritime regulation documents are available at the MARITIME REGULATION page

Fact Sheet: International Maritime Piracy. Piracy at sea is a worldwide phenomenon which has affected not only the coasts of Africa, but also Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Yemen, and Venezuela. American citizens considering travel by sea should exercise caution when near and within these coastal areas. U.S. Department of State (last recorded update April 10, 2013 ): TEXT


NOTICE: For a while, we have tried to construct a live resource focusing on maritime piracy based on information supplied by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)'s Commercial Crime Services (CCS). However, the organization changes URLs, links, and pages with such a frequency that makes it impossible to provide an up-to-date service. Moreover, with every periodic reinvention (every few months), new glitches emerge and the information becomes ever more restrictive. For these reasons, the links below remain as an example of the problems noted, but we begin the construction of a new resources based on information supplied by U.S. DOD, UN, and other trustworthy organizations.

[[ Archival links:

Live Piracy & Armed Robbery Report 2013. International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Commercial Crime Services (CCS). Based in the UK, CCS is a membership organisation tasked with combating all forms of commercial crime, including maritime piracy: LIVE TEXT

IMB Piracy & Armed Robbery Map 2013. This map shows all the piracy and armed robbery incidents reported to the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre during 2013. If exact coordinates are not provided, estimated positions are shown based on information provided. Zoom-in and click on the pointers to view more information of an individual attack. Pointers may be superimposed on each other: LIVE MAP ]]

 

 
 
 

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