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After a 28-hour long operation, the Liberian Armed Forces last week freed 23 foreigners taken captive by pirates on board a Chinese fishing vessel.
According to local news sources, the pirates seized the ship while it was in Sierra Leonean waters and took control, holding the passengers in captivity. Following a pirate alert issued by the Sierra Leone Navy, the Liberian Coast Guard conducted a special Maritime Interdiction Operation (MIO) from July 23rd to 24th, 2023.
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Ιnstructions to inform interested parties how to prevent and handle drug trafficking after observing a large increase in fines associated with drug trafficking cases, and the increasing liabilities that could be imposed.
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Three actual incidents of armed robbery against ships (one CAT 2 and two CAT 3), and one attempted incident in Asia were reported between 18 – 24 July.
Of the four incidents, two incidents occurred to bulk carriers while underway in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS), and two incidents on board a tanker and a chemical tanker while anchored at Batam Anchorage and Dumai Port, Inner Anchorage respectively.
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On 23 June 2023 the EU Council adopted the 11th package of economic sanctions against Russia to prevent their circumvention and further erode Russia’s revenues, includes a port ban to tackle illegal transfers.