Maritime Security: MICA Center Annual Review
[Source: MICA Center] For this new edition, the Maritime Information Cooperation & Awareness Center (MICA Center), in collaboration with its vast network of partners, provides an analysis of the threats affecting maritime security worldwide, documented with detailed statistics. 2021 saw a significant drop in the number of maritime piracy and robbery events, with a total […]
CGPCS meetings in Copenhagen and Mauritius
CRIMARIO team was present at both CGPCS meetings: Marianne Péron-Doise, political advisor, attended the “Friends of the Chair strategy meeting” from 27 to 28 May 2019 in Copenhagen; François-Régis Cloup-Mandavialle, project coordinator, attended the plenary session in Mauritius on 20 June 2019. The UN Counter Piracy Trust Fund met on the 27 May to evocate […]
Kenya elected to chair Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia
20 June 219- Kenya has been elected the chair of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) for a period of two years beginning January 2020. The chairmanship will afford Kenya the opportunity to coordinate regional and international efforts to deal with the challenge of piracy which remains a threat to […]
After pirate attack off Somalia, judge orders that 5 suspects are held in Seychelles
Seychelles News Agency – Three out of five suspected pirates from Somalia who were transferred to Seychelles by EU NAVFOR last week were remanded until May 13 by the Supreme Court on Monday. The EU NAVFOR Somalia Operation Atalanta transferred the five suspects to Seychellois authorities after responding to piracy attacks on 21 April 2019, the […]
Visit to EU Atalanta HQ
Marianne Péron-Doise, CRIMARIO strategical advisor, went to the EU Atalanta HQ in Northwood (UK) with Any Freitas from EU-DEVCO (Brussels) on 12 Nov 2018. The visit gave rise to informal exchanges of views on different topics of maritime interest: update of maritime incidents off the Horn of Africa and Red Sea; cooperation among EU initiatives and […]
State of Maritime Piracy 2017
Rizal Suma, Ambassador of Indonesia in London, introduced the conference by recalling the importance of the sea not only for his country, vast archipelago State, but for the world. He announced that the next annual Our Ocean’s Conference will be held in Bali, next October and will focus on sustainable development (marine pollution, marine protection, […]
EUNAVFOR chases and captures suspected pirates
EU NAVFOR Somalia’s Flagship, the Italian vessel ITS Virginio Fasan, has apprehended six suspected pirates and seized their vessels. Six crew of a motor whaler, acting as mother ship, and a skiff have been detained following attacks on a 52,000 tonne container ship and a fishing vessel. These events reportedly took place over a 24 […]
Crimario at CGPCS plenary session
During its plenary session in Mauritius (5-7 July), the CGPCS (Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia decided that to achieve the objective of zero seafarers and zero ships detained by pirates, key elements remain: (1) deterrence, monitoring and surveillance at sea, (2) compliance with the Best Management Practices, (3) armed guards on […]
OBP report 2016
Marianne Peron-Doise was invited to the presentation of OBP report 2016 on the state of maritime piracy, which stress out resurgence of piracy in the Indian Ocean. It was admitted that the fact that piracy and criminal networks were still alive in the area was not new but the point was to increase regional capacity in multiple dimensions as […]
EU Naval Force Confirms Fuel Tanker Has Been Pirated off North Coast of Somalia
The EU Naval Force, which is currently operating off the coast of Somalia, has received positive confirmation from the master of the Comoros-flagged tanker, Aris 13, that his ship and crew are currently being held captive by a number of suspected armed pirates in an anchorage off the north coast of Puntland, close to Alula. The attack […]
Maritime crime increasing (BIMCO seminar)
Industry security experts have concluded that maritime crime will not be stopped any time soon – and that cyber incidents would continue to expand in frequency and severity. This was the consensus at BIMCO’s first ever Maritime Security Seminar in Copenhagen yesterday. There was further consensus that regional instability in the Horn of Africa confirms […]