somali piracy

The EU Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) has reiterated its warnings that Somali pirates are still determined to get out to sea and, if presented with an easy target,

Britain to spend millions on bolstering Somalia's security forces and help boost radio communications along the Somali

Somali pirates have released six crewmembers from the Danish-flagged MV Leopard after more than two years in captivity.

Maritime police in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland seized five Iranian ships and detained 78

The crew from Swedish Ocean Patrol Vessel HSwMS Carlskrona has been busy conducting counter piracy patrols along the coast of

The master of a Yemeni dhow operating along the coast of Somalia and Yemen in the Gulf of Aden told an EUNAVFOR team that he had not seen any

By Edmund Blair MOGADISHU, April 11 (Reuters) – Ending Somali piracy requires a shift from reliance on security at sea to targeting those on land who

By Isaac Arnsdorf (Bloomberg) — The cost of Somali piracy to the global economy fell 13 percent last year to about $6 billion as the increased presence

Private security firms are proving that armed security teams are an effective means of protecting individual ships but is it the only option? In 2012 the

The release of the MT Smyrni and MV Royal Grace reported today and this weekend are big wins, or at least indications of some big steps forward in the war

Successful or not, if you attack a ship, you are a pirate… and you will be convicted. Period. A federal jury in Virginia this week convicted five Somali

As piracy off the coast of Nigeria and in the Gulf of Guinea continues to dominate headlines in 2013, this latest update from the European Union Naval Force

Mohamed Abdi Hassan (aka Afweyne), the ex-Somali pirate Kingpin once referred to by the United Nations as “one of the most notorious and influential

MOGADISHU – Somali pirates have released three Syrian hostages held in captivity since 2010 without payment of any ransom, government officials said on

Is this guy kidding me with this press conference? Earlier this week we posted about a pirate “Kingpin” named Mohamed Abdi Hassan, aka

Mohamed Abdi Hassan, aka ‘Afweyne’ or ‘Big Mouth’, the notorious Somali pirate kingpin reportedly behind some of the regions most

Twelve suspected pirates operating off the coast of Somalia were picked up by a naval warship after reportedly launching an attack on a merchant vessel. The

A new British private navy will soon begin plying the Indian Ocean to help support the fight against Somali pirates. The UK’s Sunday Times reported

Somali pirates have released 22 hostages held since March 2010 aboard the M/V Iceberg 1, according to a statement by officials in Somali’s

By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS – Pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia have dropped sharply this year but piracy remains a viable “business