The events of October 2016 suggest that the HRA is becoming a more dangerous place than hitherto as the security framework, which has served commercial shipping so well up to now, is at the risk of being undermined by the breakdown of regional security in some of the States bordering the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean.
This report reviews and analyses the incidents in light of the recent UN Security Council report on piracy in Somalia.
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Security and Risk Report 18/01/23
MAST’s security report issue 361 is available to read now. In the Gulf of Guinea, Nigeria is to introduce special courts to prosecute those involved