Piracy & Crime (Incidents, Security)

STS operations on a Suezmax oil tanker
A suspected Russian "shadow fleet" tanker following its apprehension in Indonesian waters, July 2023
Screengrab of video showing drug running boat before being struck by US forces on November 15
The crew of the US Coast Guard national security cutter USCGC Stone pose for a group photo on the flight deck of the ship in Port Everglades, Florida, November 18, 2025. Stone’s crew offloaded approximately 49,010 pounds of illicit narcotics worth more than US$362 million.
Libya Coast Guard rescues illegal migrants from Africa
The United States struck two drug-carrying vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Sunday
Screenshot of video of the strike on a suspected Venezuelan narco boat
Small boat illegal migrants
Talara
The US Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford
Screengrab of video showing drug running boat before being struck by US forces on November 15
Mediterranean Sea
Talara
Talara
Screenshot of video showing drug trafficking boat before being struck by US forces
Illegal immigrants from Africa to Europe
The US strikes a third drug smuggling boat from Venezuela
Screengrab of video showing drug trafficking vessel before being struck by US forces off Venezuela
A Fath-360 close-range ballistic missile being fired as part of an exercise in southern Iran, November 16, 2022
Aegean Sea
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