How safe are the high seas now? Click to see the map
With the hijacking of the MV Abdullah, which was going to Dubai from Mozambique, on Monday, the fears of pirates running rampant on the high seas has returned once again.
A consortium of six international shipping organisations declared in 2022 that piracy in the waters off Somalia no longer posed a significant threat to global shipping.
Below, we chart the map for the incidents of piracy around the world in 2024: