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A UK-trained police dog team has today gathered vital evidence to help prosecute seven suspected pirates in the Seychelles.
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A group of Somali pirates have been stopped dead in their tracks by a counter-piracy task force involving Royal Navy personnel.
Two dozen merchant sailors have been freed from a hijacked ship in the Indian Ocean this week, thanks to a Royal Navy and Royal Marines boarding team.
On 30 November RFA Fort Victoria’s helicopter identified a whaler-type vessel, fully loaded with fuel and carrying what appeared to be pirates…
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Thirteen Somali pirates were captured on a dhow in the Indian Ocean on Friday by a combination of Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel.
A Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel, deployed as part of an international naval task force operating in the Somali Basin, has located, boarded and destroyed a pirate vessel found to be carrying assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades.
Five hostages and their fishing vessel have been freed from Somali pirates by a naval boarding party from HMS Cornwall.
Personnel from 820 Naval Air Squadron, including aircrew and engineers and their Merlin helicopter, will be embarked on Royal Fleet Auxiliary…
During a patrol of the waters between the Somali coast and the Seychelles yesterday, Sunday 14 November 2010, RFA Fort Victoria was alerted …
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Royal Navy Type 22 frigate HMS Chatham, currently deployed as NATO's counter-piracy flagship, has destroyed two boats after intercepting a group of suspected pirates in the Somali Basin.
A group of suspected pirates caught by a Royal Navy operation in the Indian Ocean will face justice in the Seychelles.
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt has spoken about the UK's contribution to international efforts against piracy.
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt has set out how the FCO’s maritime security programme funds will be spent this financial year.
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