Piracy News
71 Fishermen Left Adrift in Gulf of Guinea After Pirates Steal Outboards
Ghana's armed forces intervened to save 71 fishermen from an attack by unknown assailants off the country's coas...
Read More >>Report: Chinese Fishing Vessel Hijacked Off Somalia
A Chinese fishing vessel from a notorious illegal-fishing fleet has been hijacked off the coast of Puntland, Somalia, ac...
Read More >>Fugitive Pirates Reach Somalia and Evade Capture
After a multiday pursuit and standoff, naval forces with EUNAVFOR Operation Atalanta boarded a dhow that had been u...
Read More >>Flag State Sues Equatorial Guinea for Illegal Seizure of Heroic Idun
A newly-released legal complaint lays out serious allegations of mistreatment of the crew of the Heroic Idun, who were d...
Read More >>Report: Chemical Tanker Attacked by Pirates in Gulf of Guinea
A pirate attack has been reported aboard a chemical tanker off the coast of Togo in the Gulf of Guinea, a rare occurrenc...
Read More >>Pirate Attacks on Fishermen are Underreported - And Deadly
[By Bryan Peters and Letizia Paoli] In late April 2018, about 40 nautical miles off Paramaribo, Suriname, w...
Read More >>Interpol Cancels "Red Notice" Seeking Capt. Paul Watson's Arrest
Interpol has decided to cancel the worldwide "red notice" extradition request that Japan filed for Sea Shepherd founde...
Read More >>Indonesian Police Bust Pirate Gang in Riau Islands
Police in Indonesia's Riau Islands have broken up a ring of pirates who were allegedly engaged in serial armed robbe...
Read More >>Convicted Pirate Gets Another Three Years in Prison for 2017 Attack
A convicted pirate leader has had another three years added onto his sentence for a kidnapping in the Gulf of Guinea in...
Read More >>Report of "Hijacked" Tanker Near Strait of Hormuz Was False
[Update: Ambrey retracted its report on Wednesday, calling it a "false hijack distress call" from&nb...
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