Piracy & Crime (Incidents, Security)

A French Navy helicopter hovers near the stern of the seized supply vessel Raider. Note the bales containing the confiscated cocaine placed on the deck.
COLUMN | Dark times for the dark fleet (and for seafarers generally) [Offshore Accounts]
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Sea Owl I
Sea Owl I
Port of Cape Town
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
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