Piracy & Crime (Incidents, Security)

Screengrab of video showing drug running boat before being struck by US forces on November 15
Aegean Sea
A foreign tanker was seized by Iran in the Gulf of Oman
The Togolese-registered freighter Hong Tai 58 is suspected of dragging the third submarine cable between Taiwan and Pengzhou
Thirty-three bales of contraband sit on the US Coast Guard cutter USCGC Active’s flight deck from an interdiction of a suspected drug smuggling vessel while patrolling the Eastern Pacific Ocean, November 25, 2025. Active’s crew seized more than 3,300 pounds of cocaine and detained three suspected drug smugglers during the operation.
Centuries during the boarding action by the USCG
The US seizes the tanker Skipper off Venezuela
HAV Dolphin
On December 22, 2025, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a low-profile narco vessel
The US seizes the tanker Skipper off Venezuela
Centuries during the boarding action by the USCG
Adler Ro-Ro
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Adler Ro-Ro
venezuela guyana colombia suriname caribbean map
Centuries during the boarding action by the USCG
Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America) map
Aegean Sea
Kinetic strike on a vessel smuggling drugs in the Eastern Pacific, December 2025
Kharg Island crude oil shipping facility, Iran
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