Monday, November 24, 2008

Mapping/Tracking the Piracy

The U.N. has published an in-depth map of all of the reported incidents of piracy in the Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean and other areas surrounding Somalia. The map pinpoints areas where the highest density of hijackings and incidents are arising (the most frequent areas seem closer to Yemen than Somalia).

ICC Commercial Crime Services also publishes a weekly piracy report, complete with the latitude and longitude of the suspected incidents and detailed descriptions of the pirates' arms and some of the details of the attacks.

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