Piracy News

Report: Chemical Tanker Attacked by Pirates in Gulf of Guinea

Published Aug 28, 2025 6:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A pirate attack has been reported aboard a chemical tanker off the coast of Togo in the Gulf of Guinea, a rare occurrenc...

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Pirate Attacks on Fishermen are Underreported - And Deadly

Published Aug 24, 2025 6:32 PM by Dialogue Earth

  [By Bryan Peters and Letizia Paoli] In late April 2018, about 40 nautical miles off Paramaribo, Suriname, w...

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Interpol Cancels "Red Notice" Seeking Capt. Paul Watson's Arrest

Published Jul 23, 2025 9:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

Interpol has decided to cancel the worldwide "red notice" extradition request that Japan filed for Sea Shepherd founde...

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Indonesian Police Bust Pirate Gang in Riau Islands

Published Jul 15, 2025 8:28 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Police in Indonesia's Riau Islands have broken up a ring of pirates who were allegedly engaged in serial armed robbe...

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Convicted Pirate Gets Another Three Years in Prison for 2017 Attack

Published Jun 30, 2025 10:22 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A convicted pirate leader has had another three years added onto his sentence for a kidnapping in the Gulf of Guinea in...

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Report of "Hijacked" Tanker Near Strait of Hormuz Was False

Published May 20, 2025 9:40 PM by The Maritime Executive

  [Update: Ambrey retracted its report on Wednesday, calling it a "false hijack distress call" from&nb...

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Crewmembers Arrested in Connection With Pirate Attack on Their Own Vessel

Published May 6, 2025 11:40 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Police in Ghana have arrested four people in connection with the kidnapping of Chinese crewmembers from a Ghanaian-regis...

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NGOs Warn That Sustainable Seafood Label May Hide High-Seas Labor Abuses

Published Feb 10, 2025 10:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) finds itself under fire again over its vetting standards, this time for allegedly o...

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IMB: Piracy Declined in 2024, But Seafarer Hostage-Taking is on the Rise

Published Jan 14, 2025 2:58 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Piracy at sea is less common than it used to be, according to the ICC's International Maritime Bureau, but the risk...

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Convicted Nigerian Pirate Charged Again for Second Hijacking

Published Nov 14, 2024 6:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A Nigerian pirate who was convicted and sentenced for hijacking a Dutch freighter has been charged again in connection w...

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