Piracy & Crime (Incidents, Security)

Caffa
Devon, an Iranian-flagged oil tanker
Indonesian police seize fishing boat loaded with almost two tons of meth
Personnel from the US Coast Guard medium endurance cutter USCGC Valiant offload narcotics from a semi-submersible vessel somewhere in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, September 1, 2019.
Belgian and French forces board the Russian "shadow fleet" tanker Ethera
Belgian and French forces board the Russian "shadow fleet" tanker Ethera
Mediterranean Sea
Gulf of Guinea
HMC Nimrod, a coastal patrol craft of the UK Border Force
Illegal immigrants on boats are rescued by EUNAVFOR MED personnel as part of Operation Sophia, November 3, 2017.
Small boat illegal migrants
Grinch, a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker apprehended by French authorities, January 22, 2026
Pertamina Energy Terminal
A Cuban Border Troops patrol boat
National Iranian Tanker Company tanker
US Coast Guard personnel with some of the illegal aliens who were apprehended off San Clemente Island on February 21, 2026
COLUMN | No big deal: the fate of officers of the dark tanker fleet (part two of two) [Offshore Accounts]
Grinch, a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker apprehended by French authorities, January 22, 2026
Transneft pipeline
US forces seized the sanctioned oil tanker Bertha in the Indian Ocean, February 24, 2026.
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