Tag: maritime crime

Pirates killed one and abducted six sailors of a a Vietnam-registered ship in an attack off the southern Philippines on February 19, ReCAAP ISC reports in an incident alert.

Waters off Nigeria and the southern Philippines continue to pose a significant threat to seafarers according to Dryad Maritime. In the company’s most recent report which reflects on 2016, 62 people were kidnapped worldwide in comparison to 19 in 2015 and only 9 in 2014.

The Gulf of Guinea, South East Asia and The Indian Ocean High Risk Area (HRA) have all seen a significant reduction of reported maritime crime throughout July, August and September of this year according to Q3 analysis released by Dryad Maritime.

The captain and first officer of an ocean going tug boat have been found guilty of drug trafficking following the biggest ever UK seizure of class A drugs.

13th Crime Congress for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

In the last four years the traffic of heroin destined to Europe and North Africa has shifted dramatically from the northern routes to the southern maritime routes

he challenge, which will be addressed at the conference Maritime Crime and the Effects on Growth and Development in the African Region at Danish Maritime Days on the 7th of October

Dryad Maritime has released its Q1 maritime crime figures which show an overall downturn in incidents across the Horn of Africa, the Gulf of Guinea and Southeast Asia since the same period last year.

New Report On Maritime Crime in Southeast Asia