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According to a report by the International Maritime Bureau, piracy has risen by almost 35% in 2025 with 45 cases in the first quarter compared to the same period in 2024, particularly in the Singapore Strait between Singapore and Indonesia.
2025-04-15

The Houthi movement hijacks the British cargo ship "Galaxy Leader Galaxy Leader" operated by a Japanese company and partially owned by an Israeli businessman in the Red Sea.
2023-11-19

Oman says the hijacking of the "Asphalt Princess", a Panama-flagged ship, is over. The United Kingdom also confirms this report. The vessel was hijacked yesterday in the Arabian Sea in as-of-yet undetermined circumstances amidst rising tensions between some nations and Iran.
2021-08-4

Indonesian palm oil tanker ship MV "Namse Bangdzod" vanishes in the Java Sea. The ship, with a crew of twelve, is theorised by rescuers to be the victim of piracy, a notion dismissed by the Navy.
2019-12-28

The owners of the Dutch ship MV "FWN Rapide" announce the ship was attacked by pirates last night while sailing from Ghana to Nigeria and 12 of the crew abducted.
2018-04-23

Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines begin joint patrols in the pirate havens within the Celebes and Sulu Seas.
2017-06-19

A United Nations arbitration court rules India must allow an Italian marine, facing charges of murdering two fishermen during an anti-piracy mission in 2012, to return home pending the Permanent Court of Arbitration's decision over jurisdiction. The suspect, who will remain under the authority of the Supreme Court of India, has been staying in the Italian embassy in New Delhi; his co-defendant returned to Italy with health problems in 2014.
2016-05-2

An anti-piracy conference opens in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
2011-04-18

The Indian Navy captures 61 pirates on a Mozambiquan fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea.
2011-03-14

A United States court sentences a Somali to 30 years in jail for piracy after an unsuccessful attack on a United States Navy flotilla.
2010-11-29