Asian sea robbery at lowest in a decade
ReCAAP notes a 25% year-on-year decline in sea robberies and piracy in Asian waters — the lowest in a decade. Although incidents decreased in the high-risk Sulu-Celebes Seas and waters off Eastern Sabah, crew abduction remains a serious issue, it warned
A total of 76 incidents of piracy and armed robbery, comprising 62 actual and 14 attempted incidents, were reported in Asia last year