West Africa accounts for 90% of maritime kidnappings as attacks against ships surges –report

Violent attacks against ships and their crews have risen in 2020, with 77 seafarers taken hostage or kidnapped for ransom since January, reveals the ICC International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) 2020 second quarter piracy report. According to the report, Gulf of Guinea off West Africa has becomes i

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