Denmark sends out aircraft in anti-piracy effort

The Danish government will issue Challenger aircraft to monitor the Indian Ocean and provide security for vessel traffic in the region, where piracy has sparked up again over the past few months. The aircraft will help to "hinder terror financing and organized crime," says Danish foreign affairs minister Anders Samuelsen.

Denmark will send Challenger aircraft to monitor vessel traffic in the Indian Ocean, writes the Danish foreign ministry in a press release. The aircraft will be used to monitor the EU's outer borders, assisting the EU's border agency Frontex.

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