Piracy and robbery incidents in West Africa 2023, by incident location

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Doris Dokua Sasu,
Jan 30, 2025

In 2023, most of the piracy and armed robbery attacks allegedly committed and attempted in West Africa happened in areas within the ports. The others took place in international waters. Since 2016, piracy and armed robbery events of such nature have been reported in the region.

Number of piracy and armed robbery attacks allegedly committed and attempted in West Africa as of 2023, by location of incident

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Release date

June 2024

Region

Africa

Survey time period

2023

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