Tag: maritime crime

The Information Fusion Centre (IFC) has released its annual report in which it highlights that a total of 117 theft, robbery and piracy at sea (TRAPS) incidents in the IFC’s Area of Interest (AOI) were recorded in 2023.

On Saturday February 10, three crew members were rescued by the Hellenic Coast Guard after reportedly being abducted onboard a tanker near the island of Chios. 

On 24 January, the Commission, together with the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU, launched the European Ports Alliance and its Public-Private Partnership to step up the fight against drug trafficking and organised crime in EU ports.

A shipmaster was injured in a sea robbery incident on a Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier off Singapore's Strait of Malacca, according to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

Information Fusion Centre (IFC) issued its latest infographic, providing a quarterly summary of boarding and attempted boarding incidents in the Singapore Strait as at 1 October 2023.

In an effort to increase security and battle organized crime, the Government of Mexico, UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) and the U.S. Embassy have launched the Container Control Programme (CCP) in the port of Manzanillo.

Europol and Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) dismantled a criminal organisation smuggling large quantities of cocaine from South America to the EU via the Canary Islands.

The Information Fusion Centre (IFC) reports that in the first half of 2023, it recorded a total of 1,474 incidents in the Indian Ocean region, a 7% increase from 2022 over the same period (1,381 incidents).

The (Australian Federal Police) AFP has charged two senior crew members from a bulk cargo carrier for their alleged roles in the importation of 849.5kg of cocaine into Western Australia.

The United Nations Contact Group on Piracy in the Western Indian Ocean has been advised to pay attention to increased cases of migrant smuggling and illegal fishing, as it expands its focus following a decrease in piracy activity in the region.