IMB Reports piracy decline in Q1, but an increase in violence

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There was an overall decline in piracy incidents during Q1 2021, according to the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB)’s just-released quarterly report on maritime piracy. However, IMB noted that, while the number of reported piracy attacks against commercial shipping declined in 2021, violence against crew was increasing. The Gulf of Guinea remained the world’s piracy…

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