Piracy & Crime (Incidents, Security)

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
Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) activists aboard the yacht Madleen. The FFC is also part of the larger activist group known as the Global Sumud Flotilla.
Members and vessels of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. The group is also part of the larger activist organisation known as the Global Sumud Flotilla.
Mediterranean Sea
Strait of Hormuz
English Channel
Bales of illegal narcotics are placed on pallets by crewmembers aboard the US Coast Guard medium endurance cutter USCGC Escanaba during a drug offload of 7,050 pounds of cocaine at Port Everglades, Florida, April 27, 2026. The seized contraband was the result of one interdiction in the Caribbean Sea and one interdiction in the Eastern Pacific Ocean worth an estimated US$53 million.
Panormitis
Hengli Petrochemical Dalian Refinery, China
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EUNAVFOR Atalanta vessels escorting a commercial ship at sea
US military strikes narco boat in Eastern Pacific, April 24, 2026
Hengli Petrochemical Dalian Refinery, China
Swedish authorities attempt to board the suspected Russian "shadow fleet" cargo ship Caffa off the coast of Trelleborg, March 6, 2026.
Bales of illicit drugs worth more than US$19 million are stacked on a pier during a drug offload from the US Coast Guard medium endurance cutter USCGC Resolute at Base Miami Beach, Florida, April 23, 2026. The seized contraband was the result of three interdictions in the Caribbean Sea.
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