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Pirates have attacked cargo ships 65 times this year

This year has seen an increase in the number of pirate attacks – especially in the Gulf of Guinea.
A French soldier aboard a warship deployed to Somalia to protect cargo ships from pirate attacks in 2007. | Photo: Karel Prinsloo/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
A French soldier aboard a warship deployed to Somalia to protect cargo ships from pirate attacks in 2007. | Photo: Karel Prinsloo/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
by KIT LINDHARDT

Piracy and armed robberies at sea have occurred more frequently in the first half of 2023 than in the same period last year. 

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