Piracy & Crime (Incidents, Security)

US forces intercept the Sevan, an Iranian "shadow fleet" tanker
Crime & Piracy

US readies steady wave of weekly sanctions to squeeze Iran's economy

Reuters
Screenshot of video footage alleged to be that of the final voyage of the ferry Mbuya Nehanda on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe on August 11, 2026. The ferry capsized later that same day, leaving at least 92 people dead as of August 17, 2026.
Crime & Piracy

Zimbabwe official charged with homicide over ferry tragedy that killed nearly 100

Gareth Havelock
Cocaine seized from a drug-smuggling boat interdicted by the crew of the US Coast Guard fast response cutter USCGC Richard Dixon 50 miles off Puerto Rico, August 21, 2026
Crime & Piracy

Boat carrying over $54m in cocaine seized off Puerto Rico

Will Xavier
US forces strike a drug boat in the Caribbean
Crime & Piracy

VIDEO | Another US attack on drug boat in Caribbean kills four

Reuters
US forces boarding the Iran-linked tanker Tifani
Crime & Piracy

FACTBOX | Inside the new US "economic onslaught" taking aim at Iran

Reuters
Kharg Island, Iran
Crime & Piracy

OPINION | New US sanctions against Iran look more like a threat than reality

Reuters
US forces strike a drug boat in the Eastern Pacific, August 23, 2026.
Crime & Piracy

VIDEO | US military hits drug boat in the eastern Pacific, two dead

Reuters
National Iranian Tanker Company tanker
Shipping

US warns nations trading with Iran, stops short of immediate action

Reuters
Mediterranean Sea
Crime & Piracy

Tunisia illegal migrant boat sinking leaves 11 dead, three missing

Reuters
Map of Somalia Pexels
Crime & Piracy

Somali pirates capture Iran-linked "shadow fleet" tanker

Reuters
Liberty Island with the Statue of Liberty
Crime & Piracy

US immigration officials arrest captain of illegal charter boat involved in fatal capsizing

Will Xavier
Dates and locations of Nord Stream leaks
Crime & Piracy

Second suspect in 2022 Nord Stream blasts arrested in Croatia

Reuters
Map showing Libya and the Mediterranean Sea
Crime & Piracy

Nine bodies found on Libyan coast after illegal migrant boat capsizes

Reuters
Lutuf in 2023
Crime & Piracy

Cameroon-flagged cargo ship seized by pirates off Somalia

Will Xavier
Screenshot of video showing US forces approaching Venezuela-linked tanker Veronica
Tankers

US officially clears GMS to dismantle two seized "shadow fleet" tankers

Reuters
The French Navy intercepts and boards a Russian shadow fleet tanker, the Deyna, March 2026
Crime & Piracy

Putin signals tit-for-tat response to EU crackdown on "shadow fleet"

Reuters
Some of the seized cocaine-laden boxes
Crime & Piracy

Cocaine totalling 1.2 tons seized at Ecuador's Guayaquil Port

Will Xavier
Era, formely known as Bella 1 and Marinera
Tankers

US Government quietly cashes in on two seized sanctioned oil tankers

Reuters
The sanctioned Russian tanker Marinera being intercepted by US forces in the Atlantic
Crime & Piracy

"Shadow fleet" tanker captain gets 10 months' jail time in US for evading arrest

Gareth Havelock
Liberty Island with the Statue of Liberty
Crime & Piracy

Documents reveal boat involved in fatal capsizing in New York Harbor was used for illegal charters

Jens Karsten
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