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Britain earmarks $3.56M for anti-piracy

January 2013 The United Kingdom has pledged to invest $3.56 million in anti-piracy capacity building efforts  in East Africa. The funds are primarily marked for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The Office has set up a Post Trial Transfer Program which aims to set up prisons in Somalia to hold pirates […]

Filed Under: GoA and Indian Ocean Tagged With: jurisdiction, prisons, prosecution of pirates, Somalia, United Kingdom, UNODC

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Anti-piracy centre open for business

February 2013 British Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt announced a major step forward in the fight against piracy in waters east of Africa. Burt recently spoke at the opening ceremony of the Regional Anti-Piracy Prosecution & Intelligence Coodination Center (RAPPICC), located in the island nation in the Seychelles. The RAPPICC will serve as an information […]

Filed Under: GoA and Indian Ocean Tagged With: Alistair Burt, anti-piracy, intelligence, RAPPICC centre, seychelles, United Kingdom

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Shipping Faces New Security Challenge

Piracy in the Indian Ocean has been greatly reduced in recent years thanks to increased presence of international fleets, and also thanks to private shipping companies using armed-guards aboard their vessels. Unfortunately, the use of armed-guards is surrounded by a murky legal situation. While international rules and regulations remain undefined, many countries have banned ships […]

Filed Under: GoA and Indian Ocean Tagged With: floating armory, Private Security, sri lanka, United Kingdom

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British Private Navy Wage War on Pirates

January 6th, 2013 A private fleet from the United Kingdom will soon sail on the Indian Ocean to help the defense effort against the region’s pirate problem. Among the fleet is a 10,000-ton flagship and numbers of armored speed boats that will be used for patrols. The fleet will be crewed by a group of […]

Filed Under: East Africa and Indian Ocean Tagged With: Maritime Security Industry, Private Security, Typhon, United Kingdom

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