The Worldwide Threats to Shipping Report, compiled and published weekly by the Office of Naval Intelligence, contains a summary of recent piracy acts and hostile actions against commercial shipping worldwide, organized by geographic region. The report also includes any recent developments in the efforts to prevent piracy and prosecute the aggressors.
The most recent report is from 17 October 2008 and highlights
- Anti-piracy and crime current developments in Somalia, the Gulf of Aden and Japan.
- There is reported active violence against shipping,a credible threat to shipping, or the potential to develop into a direct threat to the safety of shipping in the South America and West Africa, the Indian Ocean East Africa, Southeast Asia and North Asia
- Environmental and economic non-state activist groups - Greenpeace boarded a carrier (WINDSOR ADVENTURE) 06 Oct 08 off the port of Gijon, Spain.
