2018年上半年几内亚湾地区报告的海盗和武装抢劫事件，与2017年同期相比有显著增加，其中尼日利亚位居榜首。
国际海事局(IMB)的第二季度报告显示全球海盗事件呈现上升趋势，2018年上半年107起，而2017年同期为87起。几内亚湾地区报告的海盗事件的上升幅度令人震惊，从2017年上半年的16起，上升到2018年迄今的46起，其中尼日利亚水域31起。在尼日利亚发生的事件中，近一半的海盗和抢劫者持有枪支，在8起事件中，船舶被火力袭击。
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West Africa remains a piracy hotspot
The first six months of 2018 saw a significant rise in the number of recorded piracy and armed robbery incidents in the Gulf of Guinea region compared to the same period in 2017 with Nigeria topping the list.
The second quarterly report from the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) shows an increase in global piracy, with 107 incidents recorded in the first six months of 2018 compared to 87 in the same period in 2017. Most alarming is the increase in the number of incidents recorded in the Gulf of Guinea region, which has gone from 16 in the first half of 2017 to 46 so far in 2018 with 31 incidents recorded in Nigerian waters alone. Pirates and robbers were armed with guns in almost half of the Nigerian incidents and vessels were fired upon in eight of them.
See attached file: West Africa remains a piracy hotspot.pdf
