Piracy & Crime (Incidents, Security)

US Southern Command carries out a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two people, January 23, 2026
Grinch, a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker apprehended by French authorities, January 22, 2026
National Iranian Tanker Company tanker
Container vessels at the Port of Rotterdam
HMS Dagger
Grinch, a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker apprehended by French authorities, January 22, 2026
Baltic Sea
The US Navy Avenger-class mine countermeasures vessel USS Patriot in Sasebo, Japan, September 16, 2006
A French Navy helicopter hovers near the stern of the seized vessel. Note the bales containing the confiscated cocaine placed on the deck.
The tanker Rhona (later renamed Valiant Roar) in 2020
NewNew Polar Bear underway in the Kara Sea, October 29, 2023
The seized cargo vessel at the Port of Brindisi
Asef missiles Houthis
An EUNAVFOR Atalanta ship approaches the Yemeni dhow Al Najma off Somalia. EUNAVFOR officials said the dhow was the target of a suspected pirate attack off Somalia's Puntland region in early February 2025.
The general cargo ship Oban (later renamed Rona) in 2019
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United S (foreground) in 2025
The Chinese fishing boat Minlianyu 60138 just prior to its seizure by Taiwanese authorities following a submarine cable damage incident in October 2025
Don Amado, a diving support vessel owned by the now-bankrupt Oceanografia
A suspected Russian "shadow fleet" tanker following its apprehension in Indonesian waters, July 2023
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