Piracy infests West African waters
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West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea is the world’s most pirate-infested sea, according to the International Maritime Bureau, with 72 attacks in 2018 – up from 28 in 2014 – and at least 30 recorded so far in 2019
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BENIN TOGO
NIGERIA
Lagos
GUINEA
CÔTE D’IVOIRE
SIERRA LEONE 
GHANA
LIBERIA
GULF OF GUINEA
GABON EQUATORIAL
GUINEA
CAMEROON
DEM. REP. OF CONGO

500km 310 miles

WEST AFRICA PIRATE ATTACKS (2019) 
Hijacking Boarding Fired upon
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LOCATIONS OF ACTUAL AND ATTEMPTED PIRATE ATTACKS (2014 / 2018)

2014
Southeast Asia  141
Rest of world    10
Gulf of Guinea   28
Indian subcontinent 34
South America     5  
Rest of Africa   27
 
Total 245


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2018
Southeast Asia  60
Rest of world    7
Gulf of Guinea  72
Indian subcontinent 18
South America   29  
Rest of Africa  15
 
Total 201

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Sources: The Economist, ICC International Maritime Bureau       © GRAPHIC NEWS