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2. (U) Summary
A. (U) INDONESIA: On 6 September, four armed robbers boarded an anchored bulk carrier in Dumai Inner
Anchorage.
B. (U) MOZAMBIQUE: On 6 September, several robbers boarded a berthed tanker in Beira Port.
C. (U) ITALY: On 5 September, Italian authorities arrested two Ukrainian sailors accused of trying to smuggle 50
Pakistani men to Italy on a 12-meter sail boat.
D. (U) NIGERIA: On 5 September, four marine police officers were missing and reportedly killed after gunmen
attacked them and stole their boat.
E. (U) UKRAINE: On 4 August, a fight broke out among several crewmen aboard the cargo ship MEHMET UNLU.
F. (U) PHILIPPINES: On 2 September, one robber boarded a berthed tanker in New Davao Oil Mill Terminal.
G. (U) PAPUA NEW GUINEA: On 28 August, seven armed men boarded a small boat in Milne Bay.
H. (U) INDONESIA: On 19 August, four armed robbers attempted to board an underway tug and barge
approximately 5 nm northwest of Pulau Batam.
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1. (U) UNITED STATES: On 30 August, a man from Brooklyn, New York City, New York, appeared in a New Jersey
court room, charged with accessing the computer database of a Bayonne, New Jersey shipping company and
selling sensitive information to the company's competitors. The charges indicate that he had disclosed information
about incomes, balances, prices, email addresses, phone numbers and contact names in the company.
(www.nj.com)
B. (U) CENTRAL AMERICA - CARIBBEAN - SOUTH AMERICA:
1. (U) PERU: On 27 August, three robbers armed with guns boarded an anchored bulk carrier near position 12:01S
- 077:10W, Callao Anchorage. One crewman on routine rounds notified the bridge of the robbers presence before
being taken hostage at gunpoint. Alarm was raised, SSAS activated and the crew mustered on the bridge. Hearing
the alarm, the robbers escaped. Incident reported to the Callao port control and the coast guard sent a boarding
party to investigate. All crew safe. Nothing reported stolen. (IMB)
2. (U) GRENADA: On 17 August, robbers boarded a sailing yacht anchored in the Port Louis Marina. They stole a
bag containing personal effects and a large amount of cash. (www.noonsite.com)
3. (U) COSTA RICA: On 19 August, a dinghy and small outboard motor were stolen from a sailing vessel anchored
in Golfito Bay. (www.noonsite.com)
C. (U) ATLANTIC OCEAN AREA: No current incidents to report.
D. (U) NORTHERN EUROPE - BALTIC: No current incidents to report.
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7. (U) NIGERIA: On 13 August, two robbers in a boat boarded a berthed product tanker near position 06:26N 003:22E, Apapa, Lagos. Duty crewman on routine rounds noticed the robbers and informed the bridge officer who
raised the alarm and sounded the fog horn. Hearing the alarm, the robbers escaped in their boat. Crew mustered
and a thorough search of the ship was carried out. The ullage caps of No 1 port and starboard cargo oil tanks were
found open. Nothing reported stolen. (IMB)
8. (U) NIGERIA: On 10 August, a militant group blew up a crude oil trunk link near Warri. The group, Niger Delta
Greenland Justice Mandate, released a statement claiming responsibility for the attack. (www.allafrica.com)
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7. (U) PHILIPPINES: On 24 August, customs officials in northern Mindanao impounded 5 shipping containers
holding trucks shipped from Japan and Korea. (www.mb.com.ph)
8. (U) PHILIPPINES: On 17 August, soldiers searching for Abu Sayyaf bandits and Indonesian kidnap victims found
one more of the captives who escaped in Luuk town, Sulu. A Western Mindanao Command spokesperson said the
kidnap victim identified himself as Ismail, chief officer of the tugboat CHARLES. (www.globalnation.inquirer.net)
9. (U) INDONESIA: On 17 August, an Indonesian Government official revealed that two Indonesians, who were
held hostage in South Philippines, had been released. The release of the two Indonesians abducted by an armed
militant group in the Philippines is reportedly a gift for the country as it coincides with the 71st anniversary of
Indonesia's independence. The crewmen are two of the seven crew members of tugboat CHARLES. The boat was
hijacked by an armed group in the Sulu waters of the Philippines on 23 June. (www.antaranews.com/en)
10. (U) INDONESIA: On 11 August, an Indonesian tugboat crewman escaped from his Islamist militant captors in
the Philippines by swimming out to sea after the militants threatened to cut his head off. Members of the Islamic
State-linked Abu Sayyaf group captured the Indonesian, Mohammad Safyan, 28, and six other Indonesian seamen
from their boat, the tugboat CHARLES, as it was passing through waters off southern Philippine islands on 23
June. (www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com)
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(U) Attempted Boarding Close approach or hull-to-hull contact with report that boarding paraphernalia were
employed or visible in the approaching boat.
(U) Blocking Hampering safe navigation, docking, or undocking of a vessel as a means of protest.
(U) Boarding Unauthorized boarding of a vessel by persons not part of its complement without successfully
taking control of the vessel.
(U) Hijacking Unauthorized seizure and retention of a vessel by persons not part of its complement.
(U) Kidnapping Unauthorized forcible removal of persons belonging to the vessel from it.
(U) Robbery Theft from a vessel or from persons aboard the vessel.
(U) Suspicious Approach All other unexplained close proximity of an unknown vessel.
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(U) Sourcing
(U) ONI derives information in this report from direct reporting and analysis of reports from the following agencies
and commercial sources.
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