The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on 20 November 2008, that was proposed by Britain to introduce tougher sanctions against Somalia over the country's failure to prevent a surge in sea piracy.
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On 20 September 2009, " Toowoomba " responded to a call for assistance from the merchant vessel " BBC Portugal ", and successfully prevented an act of high-seas piracy.
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The International Maritime Bureau, which tracks sea piracy worldwide, issued a report last year saying China may be officially sponsoring piracy in an effort " to take control " of the South China Sea.
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On Wednesday he said the submarines _ which will be housed at a new submarine port in Malaysian Borneo near its borders with Indonesia, the Philippines and Brunei _ would help Malaysia fight sea piracy and terrorism.
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Later, Malaysian police, diplomats from China and Malaysia, and the International Maritime Bureau, which keeps track of sea piracy worldwide, worked together to get the cargo back, Menon said in an interview Thursday.
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Sea piracy, transnational crime, drug trafficking and the increased specter of international terrorism threaten all of Asia and " there can be no effective solution to these problems within national boundaries, " he said.
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A copy of a draft communique obtained by The Associated Press says ministers would approve programs to " harmonize " laws applying to cross border crime such as terrorism, sea piracy, drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
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The International Maritime Bureau, which tracks sea piracy worldwide, issued a report last year saying China may be officially sponsoring piracy in international waters in an effort " to take control " of the South China Sea.
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Sea piracy, transnational crime, drug trafficking and the increased specter of international terrorism threaten all of Asia and " there can be no effective solution to these problems within national boundaries, " he said during a public lecture in Singapore.
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It was the first-ever joint sea drill by Japan and Malaysia in the Malacca Strait _ the world's most pirate-plagued waterway separating Malaysia from Indonesia's Sumatra island _ and marked the climax of a regional meeting on how to control soaring sea piracy.
