Piracy Incidents Rise With Navies Stretched in South China Sea
- Total 51 incidents in first six months of 2020: ReCAAP
- South China Sea fishing disputes stretching some navies: Janes
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Piracy and armed robberies in Asia have increased to the highest level in five years as ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea put additional pressure on nations policing the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, one of the busiest water-ways in the world.
A total of 51 incidents were reported in the region in the January to June period, according to data from ReCAAP ISC, a piracy information group with 20 member nations, mostly in Asia. That compared with 28 incidents reported in the same period a year earlier and is the highest tally since 114 recorded in the first six months of 2015, the data showed.