Category Archives: MARSEC Updates

Mogadishu (RBC) Unidentified gunmen have assassinated a well known Somali court judge in Mogadishu’s Huriwa neighborhood, RBC Radio reports. Late Hassan Nur Mohamed who was a member of Somali well known judges and worked for the ministry of justice of the federal government of Somalia was killed near the Huriwa district market by men armed with pistols who have immediately escaped from the crime scene. The police reached the area but nobody was arrested for the killing of the judge. The Justice Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia Abdullahi Abyan Nur has condemned the assassination and called for immediate arrest for the murderers. The Minister said the judge was killed in the line of duty as he was heading … Continue reading

SOMALI PIRACY WARNING FOR YACHTS (October 2013) ISSUED BY INTERNATIONAL NAVAL COUNTER PIRACY FORCES

Indian, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka families sent out a joint message to the Somali people living worldwide who can have influence on their clans back home that are holding their loved ones from the MV Albedo which sank last Saturday evening (6th July). The information released by the Secretariat for Regional Maritime Security, Somali Contact Group on Counter Piracy and Maritime Security (Kampala Process) today is that at the moment 11 crew are on board the NAHAM 3 (a boat that was beside the Albedo when it sank), and 4 crew members are missing. Most reports point that the 4 missing crew members are from Sri Lanka. Reports on the missing crew have been many, from the composition of the … Continue reading

Somali piracy has fallen to its lowest levels since 2006, focusing attention on violent piracy and armed robbery off the coast of West Africa,Q2 2013 picture the International Chamber Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB)’s global piracy report revealed today. Worldwide, the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) recorded 138 piracy incidents in the first six months of 2013, compared with 177 incidents for the corresponding period in 2012. Seven hijackings have been recorded this year compared with 20 in the first half of 2012. The number of sailors taken hostage also fell dramatically; down to 127 this year from 334 in the first six months of 2012. In the Gulf of Guinea, in addition to a rise in piracy and … Continue reading

The three men – and eleven others who previously pleaded guilty – boarded the Americans’ yacht armed with assault rifles and planned to sail it to Somalia and hold the Americans for ransom. Instead, the hostages were killed by the pirates as they were being trailed by U.S. military forces. A federal jury, which has been hearing the case since early June in U.S. District Court in Norfolk, found Ahmed Muse Salad, Abukar Osman Beyle and Shani Nurani Shiekh Abrar guilty on all 26 counts against them, according to court records. The jury will be hearing more evidence during the sentencing phase of the trial later this month. Scott and Jean Adam, retirees from Marina del Rey, California, and their … Continue reading

Oceans Beyond Piracy presented its third annual assessment of the Economic Cost of Somali Piracy 2012 (ECoP 2012). This year’s assessment, like the one before it, considered nine separate cost categories and found that maritime piracy cost the global economy between $5.7 and $6.1 billion in 2012. This figure reflects a drop in the cost of piracy to the global community of around $850 million, or 12.6% from 2011. This updated report studies not only the human cost of Somali Piracy, but also examines the threat of piracy to seafarers in the waters off West Africa. It further discusses the long-­term psychological and financial difficulties faced by seafarers following attacks and periods of time spent in captivity. The detailed report … Continue reading