Pirate Watcher

Pirate victims fought back and were able to escape. Egyptian fishermen who'd been nabbed by the pirates four months ago used machetes an...

Wired's Scott Carney had a chance to catch up with a Somali pirate. Same old line in there about Somali boat warriors are "protecto...

The German-owned MV Victoria, an Antigua and Barbuda-flagged cargo vessel, was released after pirates got $1.8m. Nice haul for the pirates. ...

Here's to the power of infographics, thanks to UNOSAT. Graphics showing trends in pirate attacks highlight a number of takeaways but giv...

Somali pirates are smuggling al-Qaeda operatives into Somalia to aid the Islamic fundamentalist group al-Shabab, according to an announcemen...

Rapper K'Naan speaks out on piracy in his homeland in Somalia. Lots of opinion and very thin on evidence, but K'Naan is well spoken ...

A new book looking into the economics of piracy (or, as the NYT tortuously called it, "aaargh-onomics" - do they have editors ther...

The pirates in Somalia can't seem to catch a break these days. First of all the world starts sending some serious naval hardware into th...

Wired as come up with a great set of graphics to explain the pirate situation around Somalia. The graphics are a little hard to manipulate a...

Austria's Schiebel Group is rolling out its "Camcopter S-100" as an anti-pirate early warning device. About 10 ft. long and we...

With the monsoon season limiting the number of pirate attacks off Somalia, the fight against piracy has entered a new phase. Interpol, the i...

A nice piece from Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow reports from Garowe, Somalia, who interviews pirates face to face. The pirates don't se...

A disturbing piece today in the NYT about al Qaeda operatives moving into Yemen and Somalia - Some in Qaeda leaving Pakistan for Somalia and...

I caught up with Roger Middleton the other day for some insights into the Somali pirate issue. An African studies major currently at the C...

According to Reuters, shipping companies are considering adding armed guards to their ships to fight off pirates. Big mistake. As I mentione...