Piracy & Crime (Incidents, Security)

A Royal Navy Wildcat helicopter
Small boat illegal migrants
A foreign tanker was seized by Iran in the Gulf of Oman
The sanctioned Russian tanker Marinera being intercepted by US forces in the Atlantic
Port of Tanger Med, Morocco
Screenshot of video showing drug trafficking boat before being struck by US forces
A BlackSky satellite image shows Reef docked along the Yangon River on December 9, 2025
Mediterranean Sea
A "floating base" used by drug traffickers to distribute cocaine to Europe
PNGF Sud offshore field in Congo
Eagle S (right), an oil tanker believed to be responsible for damaging the Estlink 2 electricity interconnector cable between Estonia and Finland on December 25, 2024
Mediterranean Sea
Grinch, a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker apprehended by French authorities, January 22, 2026
US Southern Command carries out a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two people, January 23, 2026
Grinch, a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker apprehended by French authorities, January 22, 2026
National Iranian Tanker Company tanker
Container vessels at the Port of Rotterdam
HMS Dagger
Grinch, a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker apprehended by French authorities, January 22, 2026
Baltic Sea
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