2020 Annual Piracy Report
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terrorism
Drone boats filled with explosives are the new weapon in global terrorism
Article source: https://www.businessinsider.co.za/drone-boats-filled-with-explosives-houthis-saudi-arabia-2018-10 Drone boats filled with explosives are the new weapon in global terrorism Rosie Perper, Business Insider US Oct 04, 2018, 06:21 PM A boat docked in the bay near the Jazan Port…
Yemen – Sea mines planted in Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Source: http://www.spa.gov.sa/viewstory.php?lang=en&newsid=1599049 Washington, 07 Jumada II,1438 AH, 06 March,2017 , SPA — The US Office of Naval Intelligence has warned commercial ships from the risks of sea mines planted by Al-Houthi militias in the Strait…
Turkey – Possible water-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (WBIED) kills one Turkish sailor in South East Turkey.
Source: http://www.shipping.nato.int/pages/news_WBIED.aspx WBIED.com note: We just came across this under-reported article: Possible water-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (WBIED) kills one Turkish sailor in South East Turkey. According to open sources: On 22 May a Turkish fisherman reported…
Gulf of Aden – Armed Security Team Thwarts Pirate Attack
source: A EU NAVFOR boarding team in the Gulf of Aden. File photo credit: EU NAVFOR Another attempted boarding of a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden shows that pirates are still active in…
Somalia: Somali Pirates Head to Court in Paris Over 2011 Hijacking of Sailing Yacht
Source: https://gcaptain.com/somali-pirates-head-to-court-in-paris-over-2011-hijacking-of-sailing-yacht/ Evelyne Colombo was rescued unharmed on Sept. 10, 2011 by a boarding team from the SPS GALICIA. Photo credit: EU NAVFOR PARIS, March 29 (Reuters) – Seven Somali men accused of hijacking a French…
ISIS: A NUCLEAR-ARMED ISIS? IT’S NOT THAT FARFETCHED, EXPERT SAYS
Source: http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2016/03/nuclear-armed-isis-its-not-farfetched-expert-say/127039/?oref=d-river A Harvard researcher says the terror group might be closer to wreaking some sort of radioactive havoc than we think. The murder of a security guard at a Belgian nuclear facility just two days…
Ivory Coast: Suspects in Ivory Coast beach attack arrested in Mali
Source: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/1ea0e562321b4ffba3996c13782b69cc/2-suspects-ivory-coast-beach-attack-arrested-mali BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Authorities in Mali say they have arrested two men in connection with an attack by Islamic extremists in Ivory Coast that left at least 19 people dead this month. Commandant…
Belguim: Belgian nuclear guard shot
source: wo days after bomb attacks at Brussels airport and on a packed metro killed 31 people and injured hundreds, a security guard who worked at a Belgian nuclear site was killed but the local…
Mafia / ISIS
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,…