“There are close to 140 Private Security Companies operating in the North Indian Ocean, which hire out Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel or PCASP,” said navy chief, Admiral DK Joshi, adding, “It has obvious security implications for us, including infiltration of terrorists.”
Tag: Somalia
Surveillance on suspected pirate-manned dhows
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•The suspected pirate vessels were under surveillance since Friday and the Indian Navy had dispatched a fleet of armed marine vessels to raid the vessels and verify the antecedents of those on board, according to Flag Officer Commanding Goa Area (FOCGA) Rear Admiral Sudhir Pillai.
Navy thwarts pirate attack on two cargo ships
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•Attacks by Somali pirates on two cargo ships in the Gulf of Aden were thwarted by an Indian Navy warship last week, navy officers said here Monday.
First evacuees from Libya reaching Delhi midnight
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•The first batch of Indians evacuated from the strife-torn north African nation of Libya will land here in a special Air India flight close to midnight Saturday, officials said, while three Indian warships set sail to Libya to help in the evacuation of the 18,000 Indians in the country.
Indian warships collar pirates
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•Indian Navy and Coast Guard vessels captured a pirate mother ship, complete with buccaneers and hostages, after a firefight around a 100 nautical miles off Kavaratti in Lakshadweep, in the early hours of Sunday.
British Muslims on jehad trip to Somalia: WikiLeaks
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•British Muslims are traveling to Somalia for ‘jehadi tourism’ to get training for terrorist attacks in Britain, secret US diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks have revealed.
Captured pirates to be tried under Indian laws
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•For the first time, an Ethiopian and 14 Somalian pirates will face charges under Indian law for attempting to hijack a foreign ship and attacking an Indian naval warship near the Minicoy Isles, off the south-west coast of the country, a police official said Monday.
Indian dhow hijacked off Oman
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•The dhow, al Musa, was on its way to the Persian Gulf and was crewed by fourteen Indian sailors. It is home-ported at Mandvi in Gujarat.
INS Delhi chokes 3rd piracy attempt in 4 days
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•The latest attempt took place on Wednesday when the guided missile destroyer was tasked with escorting six merchant vessels with an assortment of 40 Indians among the 147 crew aboard the ships.
Indian dhows, dubious partners invite Somali piracy
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•The serial commandeering of Indian dhows by pirates in the Arabian Sea around the Gulf of Aden recently, has put the focus on the vulnerability of these vessels to hijack, especially with their flagrant flouting of guidelines, which also facilitates the endangering of other innocent shipping.
Images: Indian Navy catching pirates
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•Seychelles: Unfairly accused of helping pirates
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•StratPost has discovered the country to be unfairly facing charges of abetting piracy.
Indian, French navies rescue Indian dhow from pirates
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•The INS Godavari and the French warship Aconit have rescued an Indian dhow with a crew of 14 Indians after it was hijacked by pirates off Boosaaso in Somali last Friday. Pirates had attempted to use the dhow, the MV Nafeya, crewed by 14 Indians, as a mother-ship for hijacking the VLCC size Liberian tanker MVA Elephant.
Images: Pirates attacking MV Maude
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•Source: Indian Navy
Indian Navy foils pirate attack
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•The Indian Navy has thwarted a pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden. At 1250 hrs local time on Thursday, the INS Talwar, while escorting three merchant vessels, received a distress call from one of the ships, MV Maude, a Liberian-flagged, Norwegian owned vessel with an Indian crew of ten.