October 17, 200719 yr KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Oct. 16) - Maritime pirate attacks worldwide shot up 14 percent in the first nine months of 2007 from a year earlier, with Somalia and Nigeria showing the biggest increases, an international watchdog said Tuesday. While Africa remains problematic, Southeast Asia's Malacca Strait, one of the world's busiest waterways, has been relatively quiet, the International Maritime Bureau said in its report. A total of 198 attacks on ships were reported between January and September this year, up from 174 in the same period in 2006, the IMB said. It said a total of 15 vessels were hijacked, 63 crew kidnapped and three killed. http://news.aol.com/story/_a/pirate-attack...016085509990001 most likely not a laughing matter if was in middle of it and it is a problem. But not sure what can really be done about it.
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