The distance from land, sighting of ladders and firing upon ships continued to illustrate that the Somali pirates still had the capability and intent to attack merchant shipping in the wider Indian Ocean.
The distance from land, sighting of ladders and firing upon ships continues to illustrate that the Somali pirates retain the capability and intent to attack merchant shipping in the wider Indian Ocean.
While the MSDF and other military forces have strengthened protection in the Gulf of Aden, causing the Somalian pirates to move from the Gulf of Aden and to begin targeting civilian vessels in the Arabian Sea and off Kenya.
The Table 3 shows the status of ships attacked, including the attempted cases, by location in 2012. Analyzing the table 2 and 3, the distinct feature of attacks by Somali pirates can be discovered.
Regarding kidnapping incidents by Somali pirates, hostages are held at pirate's bases on land, not inside hijacked vessels. According to the Report, as of December 31 2011, suspected Somali pirates held 11 vessels for ransom with 193 crew members as hostages.
Regarding hostage incidents by Somali pirates in 2011, it is worth noting that there were some cases in which the pirates continued holding certain country hostages to swap them for pirates held in custody in the hostages' home country even after releasing vessels that the crews had been on board.
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