Piracy & Crime (Incidents, Security)

Somali pirates released the Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged general cargo ship Sward and its 17 crew near Garacad, Puntland, on Friday, September 11.
Security

Somali pirates release cargo ship and 17 crew after reported $200,000 ransom

Alan Bosworth
greece, turkey, cyprus map
Crime & Piracy

Illegal migrant boat partially sinks in Greece, 25 missing

Reuters
Gulf of Aden map ethiopia somalia somaliland djibouti yemen
Crime & Piracy

Bulk carrier boarded by pirates in Gulf of Aden off Yemen

Gareth Havelock
US forces interdict a suspected refuelling station believed to be used by drug-carrying boats in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Crime & Piracy

VIDEO | US forces interdict suspected refuelling station used by drug-running boats in Eastern Pacific

Will Xavier
Undersea cable
Crime & Piracy

FEATURE | Russian subs training to sabotage undersea cables caught red-handed

Reuters
Seized packages containing cocaine
Crime & Piracy

Boat carrying three tonnes of cocaine seized near Canary Islands

Will Xavier
Professor Molchanov
Cruise

Stranded Russians return home after Norway seizes Arctic cruise ship

Reuters
English Channel
Crime & Piracy

Smugglers face French trial over fatal English Channel crossing

Reuters
Crewmembers aboard the US Coast Guard fast response cutter USCGC Joseph Doyle repatriate and transfer 75 migrants to Dominican Republic Navy authorities in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, September 4, 2026. The crew interdicted the group on September 2, 2026, after intercepting a grossly overloaded makeshift boat in the Mona Passage off the coast of Puerto Rico.
Coast Guard

US Coast Guard repatriates 75 migrants to Dominican Republic following vessel interdiction in Mona Passage waters off Puerto Rico

Will Xavier
Professor Molchanov
Cruise

Norway steps in to aid stranded Russians after cruise ship arrest

Reuters
English Channel
Crime & Piracy

Reform UK, France's RN pledge to stop English Channel illegal migration

Reuters
Illegal immigrants crossing the English Channel
Crime & Piracy

Illegal migrant influx pushes EU to deploy assets to English Channel

Reuters
Lutuf in 2023
Crime & Piracy

14 suspects killed as Turkish commandos retake hijacked cargo ship off Somalia

Will Xavier
Kharg Island, Iran
Crime & Piracy

FEATURE | Stricter US oil blockade pushing Iran to its breaking point

Reuters
Map of Canary Islands
Crime & Piracy

Five illegal migrants found dead on boat off Canary Islands

Reuters
Professor Molchanov
Crime & Piracy

Norway acts as debt collector for Ukraine, impounding Russian ship

Reuters
Map showing Iran's "expanded" area of control in the Strait of Hormuz
Shipping

Iran widens Hormuz shipping blacklist to 56 vessels

Reuters
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
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