Pirates off West Africa are increasingly reliant on motherships as a spring-board for raids on merchant vessels, Bergen Risk solutions warns.
The trend has coincided with a trend for pirates in the region to strike further from shore, mimicking tactics used by Somali gangs in the Indian Ocean.
“There are now good reasons to assume that maritime criminals have extended their reach offshore Nigeria and masters/owners should take measures to counter this threat,” Bergen Risk
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