Can we afford to drop the guard against piracy?

ISS: Can we afford to drop the guard against piracy?
Pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia have dropped dramatically over the past eight years – from 237 incidents in 2011 to nine in 2017 and just three attempted attacks in 2018. However criminal networks continue to operate in Somalia, and as long as this happens, the threat of a resurgence of piracy will loom over the region.
Important reforms to counter-piracy policy and practice in the Western Indian Ocean are currently under way, partly because of this drop in piracy. Those involved in making these changes must ensure that security measures that have proved to work are not undermined, and that solutions to piracy are sustainable.
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Source: defenceweb.co.za

EU NAVFOR teams approach suspected mothership.
EU NAVFOR teams approach suspected mothership.

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