The World's Most Pirate-Infested Waters

Armed pirates stand over French hostages aboard the yacht ''Tanit'' in this undated handout picture released by the French M...

Sea Piracy Is Still A Global Problem

Despite Declining Number Of Pirate Attacks, Seas Still Far From Safe -- Stars and Stripes NAPLES, Italy — Pirate attacks have dropped 27 per...

Global Sea Piracy Falls To A 5-Year Low

Image : Creative Commons/Jolly Rogers Sea Piracy Falls To 5-Year Low As Somali Gangs Retreat -- Reuters (Reuters) - International naval patr...

World Naval Piracy Is Declining

Maritime Agency Reports Falling Pirate Attacks -- Deutsche Welle Attacks on shipping by pirates are on the decline, according to a maritime ...

Naval Piracy Growing In West Africa

Image : Creative Commons/Jolly Rogers Piracy In West Africa Reaching Dangerous Proportions, Says Watchdog -- The Guardian While Somalia has ...

Anti-Piracy Curtain

Video: 'Anti-Piracy Curtain' Makes Boarding Ships a Wet, Dangerous Mess for Pirates -- Popular Science It’s perfectly understandable...

Global Naval Piracy Declines By 28%

Suspected Somali pirates are apprehended by a patrol of the European Union Naval Force Somalia (EUNAVFOR), one of several initiatives to com...

South Africa Kills European Plans To Combat Naval Piracy

David Cameron Anti-Piracy Operation Hits A Snag -- The Telegraph David Cameron's plans to allow British ships travelling around Africa t...

Piracy Costs $9B A Year For The World Shipping Industry

Pirates off Somalia Piracy Costs World Shipping Industry $9B A Year -- Stars and Stripes/AP NEW DELHI (AP) -- Piracy is costing the global s...

Pirate-Fighting Mercs Arrested in Africa for Carrying Guns -- Danger Room In two years of operations, a Virginia-based maritime security com...

Naval Piracy Growing On The West Coast Of Africa

Pirates Of The Atlantic: Africa's Other Coast Gets Its Share -- Time In late July, pirates stormed an Italian oil tanker, startling the ...

Private Security Firms Positioning Themselves To Counter The Growing Threat Of Naval Piracy

Helicopters from USS Dubuque provide aerial watch as Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s maritime raid force board and seize c...

A New Naval Piracy Threat Rising?

Map showing the location of Indonesia's Mangkai island. Image from AFP Spike In Pirate Attacks In Indonesian Waters Raises Warnings -- V...

Book Review: Two Books On Today's Problem Of Naval Piracy

Modern-Day Blackbeards -- Wall Street Journal There is nothing new about menace on the high seas—or about the solutions that would make it d...

Five New Weapons The Maersk Alabama Could Use To Foil Pirates

Picture: U.S. Navy LRAD Weapon: Loud, annoying noises have been a "weapon" at the personal level for millennia, but recently the w...

The British Navy Is Not What It Use To Be

Paul Chandler and his wife Rachel: a British ship was yards away as they were taken hostage by pirates Photo: AFP Royal Navy Watched Helpl...

How To Fend Off A Pirate Attack

Suspected pirates arrested by the US navy in the Gulf of Aden on 11 February 2009 (Photo: Reuters ) From CNN: London, England (CNN) -- Sailo...

'Lost' Cargo Ship Arctic Sea Gives Up Its Secrets

The Arctic Sea From Times Online: The crew at the centre of the hijacked cargo vessel tell of their ordeal for the first time. It had been a...

Russia Unloads 'Piracy' Evidence From Arctic Sea

A partial map of Europe and Africa showing route of the missing cargo ship, Arctic Sea From AFP: MOSCOW — Russia on Friday unloaded evidence...

The Case Of The Arctic Sea Freighter .... Maybe Not A Mystery Afterall

Eight 'pirates' of Russian, Latvian and Estonian nationality have been arrested for the hijacking of the cargo ship Arctic Sea. Pho...