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Piracy at sea has reached its lowest levels in six years, with 264 attacks recorded worldwide in 2013, a 40% drop since Somali piracy peaked in 2011, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) revealed today. 15 incidents were reported off Somalia in 2013, down from 75 in 2012, and 237 in 2011.
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The International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed that piracy on the world’s seas is at its lowest third-quarter level since 2006, but warns of the threat of continuing violent attacks off the East and West coasts of Africa.
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ICC Fraudnet invites you to join the brightest minds and leading innovators in international asset recovery November 7 and 8 2013 in São Paulo, Brazil at the Third Annual Conference on Fraud, Asset Recovery & Cross Border Insolvency Cooperation, sponsored by ICC FraudNet and Schools of Public Attorneys and Magistrates of São Paulo.
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There has been large and on-going coverage of the leaks made by the NSA contractor Edward Snowden and the revelations regarding collection of huge amounts of telephony and internet data by the US and UK’s intelligence services. This has further escalated the debate about the over-reach of the intelligence services’ mandate in the “War on Terror”, its proportionality and its effect on privacy.
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As the monsoon in the NW Indian Ocean begins to subside and the weather once again becomes conducive to the operation of small pirate skiffs, the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has urged Masters not to be complacent as they transit the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden.