The World’s Most Violent Pirates
West Africa is home to the world’s most violent pirates—who are now capable of overwhelming armed guards. Last month pirates…
Kidnapping Resurgent in Gulf of Guinea Piracy
This is the second in a two part series on piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The first ten weeks of…
Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea: Oil Soaked Pirates
This is the first of a two-part series on piracy in West Africa. In the early hours of 18 January…
Report: Kidnapped American Sailors Released After Ransom Paid
The two American sailors that were kidnapped on Oct. 23 off the coast of Nigeria have been returned, according several…
Kidnapped Americans in Context: The Shifting Forms of Nigerian Piracy
The kidnapping of two American mariners on Oct. 23 does not signal the rise of a new piracy threat off…
Countering Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
The winds of global piracy have shifted, as attacks by pirates off West Africa now exceed those of their Somali…