While those events seem to be in our rearview mirror, the stats shared below from 2018 shows that pirate attacks on ships remains a risk.
Piracy on the High Seas
We don't hear much about this issue now, but the threat continues.
Ship hijackings were very much in the news back about 10 years ago. A movie, Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks, was made about once such hijacking that happened in 2009 -- and that ended up poorly for the hijackers.
While those events seem to be in our rearview mirror, the stats shared below from 2018 shows that pirate attacks on ships remains a risk.
While those events seem to be in our rearview mirror, the stats shared below from 2018 shows that pirate attacks on ships remains a risk.
