UKMTO’s Weekly Piracy Report for 23 – 29 Jan 16

1. An article written by Tim Worstall of the Adam Smith institute (b) follows up from that of the Telegraph highlighted in last week’s report on how Somali pirates ‘are acting as poachers-turnedgamekeepers, escorting Iranian fishing vessels who plunder Somali fish’.

2. IHS announce findings from the annual top risk environments report, placing Somalia as one of the major risk environments of 2016. The article opens by saying ‘The onshore and maritime security environment that has contributed to a reduction in Somali-based piracy since 2012 is changing, with indicators of an increasing risk of piracy in 2016’ (d).

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