Report: Piracy on the rise
Posted on 23 January 2009
The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) released its annual piracy report, which shows an unprecedented rise in maritime hijacking in 2008. The 2008 figures surpass all figures for hijacked vessels and hostages taken recorded by the PRC since it began its worldwide reporting function in 1992.
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