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Maersk hires Tanzanian Mercenary warship as pirate situation becomes ‘critical’ Much about international politics, conflict, and war can be gleaned by from looking at a map. Yemen is certainly in the news lately. And is strategically placed as well. Military bases there could control the Gulf of Aden and be used to launch attacks [...] The Independent Organised piracy syndicates operating in Dubai and other Gulf states are laundering vast sums of money taken in ransom from vessels hijacked off the Horn of Africa. “What we can say is that these people are not just fishermen who have taken up a bit of piracy as a hobby. The people [...] Embedded video from CNN Video A security consultant discusses several methods currently in use that will keep pirates from boarding. A major problem is that due to the varying firearm laws across the world, ships at sea like oil tankers are never armed. This map shows all the piracy and armed robbery incidents reported to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre during 2008. Click the icons for details on each piracy incident. You can also zoom in. The area off of Yemen has by far the most. Tip: Bldgblog [...] |  | ||||
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