IMB says Bangladesh no longer a "high risk" piracy area

Saleem Samad – AHN News Correspondent
Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) – Bangladesh has been removed from a list of “high risk” piracy prone areas compiled by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), an anti-crime warning unit of International Chamber of Commerce. Bangladeshi authorities lobbied the IMB to remove itself, since the designation increased the cost of insurance to cargo ships destined for Chittagong in the Bay of Bengal.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Khurshed Alam

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