News / Somali pirates are discouraged by armed guards, but other global hotspots emerge

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The effectiveness of armed guards on ships transiting pirate-infested waters has again been demonstrated by newly released figures for last year which show a further decline in successful attacks on ships.

The ICC’s International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre recorded 264 reported and actual pirates attacks on vessels across the world last year, down from 297 attacks in 2012/

And the figure is far below the 445 and 439 attacks reported in 2010 and 2012 respectively – before the use of armed ...