Ships With Armed Guards Seen Not Reporting Somali Pirate Strikes
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Some ship operators hiring private armed guards to protect their vessels from hijack by Somali pirates aren’t reporting attempted attacks, the London-based International Maritime Bureau’s piracy reporting center said.
Following are comments from Pottengal Mukundan, the bureau’s director, at the Hanson Wade Combating Piracy conference in London today: