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The efforts of the Indonesian navy have contributed to a fall in pirate activity in south-east Asia © Mochammad Risyal Hidayat

By Gavin van Marle

11/04/2016

Piracy in South-east Asia more than halved in the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period last year, thanks to action by maritime law enforcement agencies in the region.

According to maritime security intelligence firm Dryad Maritime, just 13 cases of maritime crime were reported ...

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