Gangs of heavily armed pirates using fishing and speed boats have this week been targeting small oil tankers in the Malacca Straits, according to the ICC's Piracy Reporting Center.
Issuing a fresh warning today to commercial ships operating in the area, the International Maritime Bureau says the recent wave of attacks follow a pattern set by Indonesian Aceh rebels.
Captain Pottengal Mukundan of the ICC's International Maritime Bureau (IMB)--whose organization manages the Piracy Reporting Center--says the latest attacks raise a number of serious concerns
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