Tag Archives: Somalia

Podcast: An Insight Into Somali Pirate Gangs

by Will Miller, October 24, 2012 | Posted in Kidnap & Ransom

In the third installment of WillisWire’s piracy podcast series, John Rachman, president of Terra Firma Risk Management, and I discuss the tactics used by pirate gangs in different parts of the world, particularly off the coast of Somalia. Podcast: Play in … Continue reading →

Podcast: How to Handle a Pirate Attack

by Will Miller, October 3, 2012 | Posted in Kidnap & Ransom, Marine

In the first in a series of WillisWire piracy podcasts, I was joined by John Rachman, president of Terra Firma Risk Management, to discuss how the piracy threat is spreading and what ship operators can do to protect themselves. Check … Continue reading →

The Future of Piracy in a New Somalia

by Tim Holt, September 19, 2012 | Posted in Kidnap & Ransom

As Somalia stumbles through its most significant political transition since the fall of the Siad Barre regime, there are signs that the country’s most lucrative industry is also going through profound changes. The success rate of piracy halved from 2010 … Continue reading →

Piracy in South East Asia

by Nathan Hambrook-Skinner, July 3, 2012 | Posted in Asia, Kidnap & Ransom, Marine

There are some marked differences in tactics between pirates operating off the coast of Somalia and in the area around Indonesia and the South China Sea, our kidnap and ransom expert told me. Continue reading →