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Global: Report on maritime piracy
Following a five year engagement by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) to conduct applied research and geospatial analysis on piracy activities, this report constitutes the first global geospatial analysis on the…
Nigeria: Piracy – First Reported Attack of 2016 in West Africa
Source: https://gcaptain.com/2016/01/22/pirates-chase-car-carrier-off-nigeria/?utm_source=gCaptain+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=35b56ab394-Mailchimp_RSS_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_f50174ef03-35b56ab394-139918741#.Vqc6CSp9600 Live Piracy Map via International Maritime Bureau Piracy Reporting Center A gang of pirates chased and fired at a car carrier off the coast of Nigeria this week in what is believed to be…
Nigeria: NIGERIA SHUTS TWO OIL REFINERIES AS NIGER DELTA MILITANCY LOOM
Source: http://europe.newsweek.com/nigeria-shuts-two-oil-refineries-niger-delta-militancy-looms-418267?rm=eu A worker walks past Port Harcourt’s refinery, September 16, 2015. Nigeria’s state oil company has closed two of its refineries after attacks by militants.PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Militants attacked pipelines in the Niger Delta…
Greece: Freighter Hits Famous ‘Old Evripos Bridge’
Source: https://gcaptain.com/2016/01/11/watch-freighter-olga-m-hits-old-evripos-bridge-in-greece/#.Vp3T3Sp9600 Some spectator video shows the Greek freighter Olga M bang its way through the old Evripos Bridge in Chalcis, Greece. According to reports, neither the bridge or vessel sustained significant damage in the incident, although after…
The Department of Energy’s Cybersecurity Risk Management Framework – Audit Report
The Department of Energy’s Cybersecurity Risk Management Framework Click to access DOE-OIG-16-02.pdf
Experts warn that nuclear risks may be increasing
Source: http://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/01/15/19148/experts-warn-nuclear-risks-may-be-increasing?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=watchdog&utm_medium=publici-email&goal=0_ffd1d0160d-9e236f238b-100381977&mc_cid=9e236f238b&mc_eid=9ff443c0ec U.S. efforts to keep nuclear explosive materials out of the hands of terrorists are losing steam and will be undermined without a concerted new diplomatic push, an independent nonprofit group in Washington, D.C., warned…
Georgia : Three Men Arrested of Trying to Sell Radioactive Material
Source: http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=28905 The Georgian State Security Service said on Monday that it arrested three men while trying to sell radioactive substance Cesium-137. The three men, identified as Mirian B., born in 1979; Konstantine B., born in…
Dirty little nuclear bombs
Source: http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/11/12/18850/fuel-nuclear-bomb-hands-unknown-black-marketeer-russia-us-officials-say Three identical incidents Western concerns are based on a simple trail of evidence that officials have until now kept secret: Three times since 1999, identically packaged containers of highly-enriched uranium have been seized…
THE FUEL FOR A NUCLEAR BOMB IS IN THE HANDS OF AN UNKNOWN BLACK MARKETEER
Source: http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/11/12/18850/fuel-nuclear-bomb-hands-unknown-black-marketeer-russia-us-officials-say CHISINAU, Moldova – The sample of highly-enriched uranium, of a type that could be used in a nuclear bomb, arrived here on a rainy summer day four years ago, in a blue shopping bag…