Source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/24/inside-the-mafia-isis-connection.html The mobsters have the weapons, and they’re making a killing selling them off to Islamic radicals. CASTEL VOLTURNO, Italy — By the time Aziz Ehsan, a 46-year-old Iraqi, was arrested near Naples on Tuesday,…
Source: https://gcaptain.com/pirates-release-kidnapped-bourbon-crew-off-nigeria/ Bourbon Liberty 251. Photo credit: MarineTraffic.com/ French oil services company Bourbon Offshore has confirmed that two crew members kidnapped from their vessel off the coast of Nigeria last month have been released. The company…
Source: https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/03/24/19489/report-brussels-suicide-bombers-sought-radioactive-materials?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=watchdog&utm_medium=publici-email&goal=0_ffd1d0160d-4ea9ac4ae2-100381977&mc_cid=4ea9ac4ae2&mc_eid=9ff443c0ec The two brothers who detonated suicide bombs at an airport and subway station in Brussels this week, killing at least 31 and injuring hundreds more, had spied on a senior Belgian nuclear official in…
Source:https://www.yahoo.com/news/2-british-ships-arrive-japan-carry-plutonium-us-015323402.html TOKYO (AP) — Two British ships arrived in eastern Japan on Monday to transport a shipment of plutonium — enough to make dozens of atomic bombs — to the U.S. for storage under a…
Source: http://www.wsj.com/articles/al-qaeda-claims-algeria-gas-plant-attack-1458388632 “Al Qaeda on Saturday claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on an Algerian gas plant, threatening more operations against Western oil companies. Early Friday, attackers launched homemade rockets at the Krechba gas plant, which…
Source: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/22/the-associated-press-nigerian-navy-rescues-hijacked-oil-tanker-1-pirate-killed.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian sailors rescued a hijacked oil tanker in a dramatic night-time rescue in which they killed one pirate, the Nigerian navy announced as it escorted the ship into Lagos…
Source: https://gcaptain.com/bourbon-crew-kidnapped-off-nigeria Bourbon Liberty 251. Photo credit: MarineTraffic.com/Maxim B Offshore vessel owner Bourbon Offshore has confirmed the abduction of two of its crew members from their vessel off Nigeria. The company says its vessel Bourbon Liberty 251 come…
Source:https://gcaptain.com/explosion-rocks-waste-plant-at-port-of-antwerp/ A tank at an industrial waste management plant exploded at the port of Antwerp in northern Belgium on Friday, with authorities telling nearby residents to shut their doors and windows as a dark cloud…
Source: https://gcaptain.com/imb-piracy-hotspots-persist-worldwide-despite-reductions-in-key-areas File photo: Shutterstock/Rasti Sedlak (ICC International Maritime Bureau) – Piracy and armed robbery on the world’s seas is persisting at levels close to those in 2014, despite reductions in the number of ships hijacked…
Source:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/12128328/Isil-wants-its-own-navy-for-attacks-in-the-Mediterranean.html Islamic State militants hope to build a maritime arm that could carry out attacks in the Mediterranean, a senior Nato Naval officer has warned. The march of Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (Isil)…