Piracy News
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...
Read More >>Crewmembers Arrested in Connection With Pirate Attack on Their Own Vessel
Police in Ghana have arrested four people in connection with the kidnapping of Chinese crewmembers from a Ghanaian-regis...
Read More >>NGOs Warn That Sustainable Seafood Label May Hide High-Seas Labor Abuses
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) finds itself under fire again over its vetting standards, this time for allegedly o...
Read More >>IMB: Piracy Declined in 2024, But Seafarer Hostage-Taking is on the Rise
Piracy at sea is less common than it used to be, according to the ICC's International Maritime Bureau, but the risk...
Read More >>Convicted Nigerian Pirate Charged Again for Second Hijacking
A Nigerian pirate who was convicted and sentenced for hijacking a Dutch freighter has been charged again in connection w...
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