Southeast Asian Pirates: Nothing to Shiver your Timbers Over
Elementum
JUNE 29, 2015
In 2014, there were 15 hijackings. Add the speedy arrests of pirates (such as the ones involved in the botched hijacking of the Orkim Harmony ) and the situation is hardly as dire as it was near Somalia. With one third of the world’s freight traveling through these waters, the region would naturally be a hotspot for pirate activity.
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