SINGAPORE: The number of piracy and armed robbery cases against ships in Asia increased 22% year on year to hit a 10-year of 183 last year, anti-piracy watchdog ReCAAP said in its annual report releases here the other day.
Of the total 183 incidents reported in 2014, more than a quarter were in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia, or ReCAAP, said in its report.
It was the highest number recorded by ReCAAP since its inception — it came into force in 2006 and was formally recognized as an international organization in January 2007.
While 45 of the incidents last year related to piracy, the rest were categorized as armed robbery, the report said.
