Piracy & Crime (Incidents, Security)

Port of Singapore
Yantian Container Terminal in Shenzhen, China
Israeli forces boarding a boat part of an activist flotilla attempting to break a naval blockade on Gaza
Members and vessels of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. The group is also part of the larger activist organisation known as the Global Sumud Flotilla.
Israeli forces boarding a boat part of an activist flotilla attempting to break a naval blockade on Gaza
USCGC Tahoma’s crew, alongside a deployed Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron aircrew, stopped three suspected smuggling vessels carrying narcotics during a maritime patrol approximately 90 miles off Cartagena, Colombia.
Freedom Flotilla Coalition activists (in lifejackets) following the vessel Handala's seizure by Israeli Navy commandos off Gaza, July 26, 2025
Hui Chuan, a fishery research vessel reportedly seized off UAE's coast
King crab
Map of Somalia Pexels
US forces boarding the Iran-linked tanker Tifani
US military strikes a narco boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing two people and leaving one survivor. May 2026
Middle East map
Map of Canary Islands
Haitian National Police members inspect interdicted drugs following a drug interdiction off Haiti, May 3, 2026. At the behest of the Haitian Government, a US Coast Guard law enforcement detachment deployed on the US Navy littoral combat ship USS Billings stopped a suspected drug vessel carrying approximately 3,200 pounds of marijuana.
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Map of Somalia Pexels
Swedish authorities intercepting the suspected "shadow fleet" tanker Jin Hui
Members and vessels of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. The group is also part of the larger activist organisation known as the Global Sumud Flotilla.
English Channel
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