Multiple vessels (aggregate)
kidnap for ransom trend · 2024-12-31 · Sulu Celebes (southern philippines)
- Date
- 2024-12-31
- Region
- Sulu Celebes
- Vessel
- Multiple vessels (aggregate)
- Vessel type
- fishing tugboat mixed
- Incident type
- kidnap for ransom trend
- Outcome
- mixed outcomes
- Casualties
- kidnappings
Summary
The Abu Sayyaf-driven Sulu/Celebes Sea kidnap-for-ransom trend continued at low intensity in 2024, primarily targeting fishing vessels and tugboats transiting between Sabah and the southern Philippines. The Trilateral Cooperative Arrangement (TCA) between Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines — established 2017 — has significantly suppressed the pattern versus 2016-2019 levels. Merchant shipping transiting the archipelago is still advised to hire armed local escort for the Sulu Sea corridor. Deep-sea merchant traffic largely avoids the area. This aggregate entry summarises the ReCAAP trend.
Source
Reporting organisation: ReCAAP ISC
https://www.recaap.org/reports
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