Increasing violence against crew members

摘要

Piracy at sea hit an all-time high in the first three months of 2011, with 142 attacks worldwide, according to the most recent global piracy report from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau. "Figures for piracy and armed robbery at sea in the past three months are higher than we've ever recorded in the first quarter of any past year," said Pot-tengal Mukundan, Director of 1MB, whose Piracy Reporting Center has monitored piracy worldwide since 1991. The sharp rise was driven by a surge in piracy off of Somalia, where 97 attacks were recorded in the first quarter of 2011, up from 35 in the same period last year.