Fighting
PIRACY
Three Regions your Navy
combats piracy around the globe
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The U.S. Navy is forward deployed across the globe working with its international partners protecting international shipping, and deterring, disrupting and suppressing piracy.
There are three main regions the Navy focuses its efforts to combat piracy.
Horn of Africa
Motivated by escalating ransom payments that grew to millions of dollars, Somali men turned to piracy in the mid-2000s. As a result, piracy evolved from a fairly ad hoc, disorganized effort to a highly developed criminal enterprise that focused on hijacking entire merchant vessels in demand for ransom.
Gulf of Guinea
The majority of attacks in the Gulf of Guinea occur within 12 nautical miles of the coast. More often, armed robbery and piracy in this region are focused on kidnapping crew for ransom and stealing cargo.
Southeast Asia
Nearly one quarter of the world’s commerce and half its oil pass through the Strait of Malacca and South China Sea. The majority of piracy incidents are quickly executed, non-confrontational “smash and grab†operations that take place within territorial waters while ships are at anchor or berthed.
https://www.navy.mil/ah_online/antipiracy/index.html
