Sea robbery attempt in Singapore Strait foiled by Singapore and Indonesian navies
SINGAPORE - A daring robbery attempt by three pirates in the Singapore Strait on Monday (March 16) morning was foiled by the close cooperation between the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL). Read more at straitstimes.com.
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This incident ended well with the pirates actually apprehended and most of the incidents of piracy recently have apparently been minor. But there's been eight incidents already this year in the Straights, and thirty one last year while in years previous it was in the single digits.