PILLAGING PIRATES - SINO DAILY

Troops deployed in Ecuador after spate of organized crime attacks

Nov 03, 2022 (AFP)

Two inmates were killed and six wounded in clashes inside the Guayas 1 prison, the SNAI prison authority said. Following a wave of strikes Tuesday in which five...

Mexican lawmakers approve keeping army on streets

Oct 13, 2022 (AFP)

The lower house of Congress passed the reform promoted by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's ruling party by 339 votes to 154, after a heated debate Wednes...

Army taking on gangs in Colombia's biggest port

Sep 06, 2022 (AFP)

The "Shottas" and "Spartanos" gangs have been fighting for months over control of Buenaventura's drug trafficking trade, and other illegal activities such as mi...

Iran navy says thwarted pirate attack on ship in Red Sea

Sep 02, 2022 (AFP)

"A suspicious boat with 12 armed people on board approached the Iranian merchant ship in Bab al-Mandab" strait on Thursday, the state news agency IRNA said, cit...

Third body found in drought-hit lake outside Las Vegas

Jul 26, 2022 (AFP)

Park rangers responded Monday afternoon to a witness report of a body at Swim Beach and have begun efforts to recover the remains, the National Park Service sai...

Mexico captures drug lord wanted for murder of US agent

Jul 15, 2022 (AFP)

Rafael Caro Quintero, 69, is accused by the United States of ordering the kidnap, torture and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) special agent Enri...

Iran, Russia, China start war games to counter 'maritime piracy'

Jan 21, 2022 (AFP)

Drills reportedly simulated a pirate seizure of two vessels. The Iranian spokesman for the drills, Admiral Mustafa Tajeddini, said "naval and aerial units of th...

Denmark shelves prosecution of Africa piracy suspects

Jan 06, 2022 (AFP)

"The prosecutor has decided not to prosecute my client," and he will be released shortly, lawyer Niels Anker Rasmussen told AFP. Two more lawyers representing t...

Friction frays Gulf of Guinea anti-piracy efforts

Dec 15, 2021 (AFP)

Piracy has long been a problem in the vast, resource-rich body of water stretching from Senegal to Angola, where most victims kidnapped by pirates are sailors w...

Denmark extends navy detention of four pirates off Africa

Dec 08, 2021 (AFP)

"The judge extended their detention by 14 days," said Birgitte Skjodt, a lawyer representing one of the four men. The men were detained after a clash with the D...

Living among the mafia blurs lines in Italy's south

Nov 28, 2021 (AFP)

For those living under the shadow of the 'Ndrangheta, it was the first time locals had dared to publicly denounce Italy's most powerful organised crime syndicat...

Danish forces kill four pirates off Nigeria: navy

Nov 25, 2021 (AFP)

"No Danish soldiers were injured, but five pirates were shot," the military said. "Four of the pirates died. One was injured," it added. The incident occurred o...

4 Colombian soldiers killed in latest ambush by drug gang

Nov 07, 2021 (AFP)

The attack was the latest in a series of deadly clashes between authorities and the group since its leader, known as Otoniel, was captured last month. Sunday's ...

Four Colombian soldiers killed in 'retaliation' for drug lord's arrest: army

Oct 26, 2021 (AFP)

An attack Monday night saw two army trucks targeted with explosives in Antioquia department in northwest Colombia, in what Army General Juvenal Diaz told Blu Ra...

Iran's navy says repulses pirate attack in Gulf of Aden

Oct 17, 2021 (AFP)

"Navy commandoes were successful in repulsing this morning the attack by pirates against an Iranian commercial convoy in the Gulf of Aden," said navy commander ...

Report faults British government for 'dismal understanding' of Wagner threat

Jul 26, 2021 (UPI)

The committee's report found that the government was "remarkably complacent" about states employing the services of Private Military Companies, like Wagner, for...

Myanmar jade industry becoming 'slush fund' for junta: report

Jun 29, 2021 (AFP)

The country has been in turmoil since the military toppled the government of Aung San Suu Kyi, with more than 880 killed in a junta crackdown on dissent, accord...

ANOM: Hundreds arrested in 'staggering' global crime sting

Jun 08, 2021 (AFP)

Cops in 16 countries were able to read the messages of underworld figures as they plotted drug deals, arms transfers and gangland hits on the compromised ANOM d...

Raids worldwide as police reveal vast hack of criminal encrypted phones

Jun 08, 2021 (AFP)

Unveiling the "world's most sophisticated" sting, agencies from Australia, Europe, New Zealand and the United States said they "operated" the supposedly secure ...

Crew of Chinese boat freed from kidnappers: Nigerian army

Mar 06, 2021 (AFP)

The crew of six Chinese, three Indonesians, a Gabon national and four Nigerians were kidnapped in early February when the tuna fishing bat was attacked. "A rans...