Posted by Martin Kufus There is a political debate in London, hub of the world’s maritime industry, attempting to find the best way to permanently “disrupt the business model of piracy” in the high-risk area (HRA) that involves the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea. No legislative body outside of Africa […]
Written By: Hesham Sami Al-Kibsi At conference in Dubai Yemeni Foreign Minister Dr. Abu-Bakr al-Qirbi affirmed that Yemen is keen to support any efforts relating to combating naval piracy, stressing that Yemen had suffered from such criminal activities, having had countless fishing boats attacked by modern day pirates. In a speech at the 2nd Anti-naval Piracy […]
David Davenport, Contributor July 1 marks the tenth anniversary of the founding of International Criminal Court in The Hague. With an agenda driven by human rights organizations and middle power states, the ICC was launched with high hopes and lofty rhetoric but, after ten years and a billion dollars, only one trial has been completed, and the […]
Expats in the emirates are doing well despite stigma of piracy, writes Abdu Baasit For many, the mention of the name Somalia brings to mind images of gun-toting warlords, pirates, terrorists, a failed state and suicide bombers. It’s a stigma expat Somalis say they have struggled with in the past three decades, while battling to build […]
Pirates hold 45 Filipino seamen By Gemma Q. Casas DUBAI—War-torn Somalia, with its worsening modern-day piracy problems and the growth of Islamic terrorist group Al Shabaab in the country, remains to be a major global security threat and will continue to hold the global maritime industry hostage unless the international community helps this once prosperous African […]
Stephen Collett reveals how he negotiated the release of the Rachel and Paul Chandler, British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates By Colin Freeman When Rachel Chandler bade her brother farewell before her fateful Indian Ocean yacht trip with her husband Paul, he did his best to laugh his worries off. “Don’t get caught by Somali pirates,” […]
Recent efforts cut piracy success rate by 50 per cent By Derek Baldwin, Chief Reporter Dubai: True to its word to stop Somali piracy from thwarting valuable cargo ships passing unfettered through the Gulf of Aden every day, the UAE pledged $1 million to an international anti-piracy fund on Wednesday. After Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammad […]
Ahmed Al Majaida The chief of Somalia’s anti-piracy task force has thanked the UAE government for contributing to a programme that is helping the war-ravaged African country turn the tide in the battle against pirates. In an interview with Khaleej Times, Dr Muhyadin Ali Yosif said funds from the UAE have helped get the Somalia Maritime Security Forces […]
Top officials, however, say new rules needed to guide security trend By Derek Baldwin, Chief Reporter Dubai:? The adoption of private armed security forces on ships traversing the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden shipping corridor has led to a serious drop in piracy incidents in 2012, delegates heard on Wednesday at the second international piracy […]
By Yusuf Omar They were treated like untouchable animals, kept handcuffed for 20 months day and night, and were rarely fed. This is how Deborah Calitz and Bruno Pelizzari, from Durban, say they were kept in Somalia after pirates kidnapped them in 2010. The couple had been in captivity for 20 months before they were […]