GULF OF ADEN (July 22, 2011) A visit, board, search and seizure team from guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68), investigates a suspected pirate skiff. Anzio is assigned to Combined Task Force 151, a multi-national, mission-based task force established by the Combined Maritime Forces in January 2009, to conduct counter-piracy operations in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Somali Basin and Arabian Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Bryan Weyers/Released)
While the Arab Spring and Eurozone crises have been dominating the headlines, piracy is still alive…and doing very well. In fact, there have been 214 reported attacks and 26 hijackings – the highest number of total attacks, year-on-year, reported in and around Somalia, with a increase in incidents also occurring in South East Asia and off the West Coast of Africa.
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