El modelo de negocio de la piratería ha logrado avances significativos desde su inicio, evolucionando desde tomas de cámara inestables en el cine hasta contenido nítido y de alta calidad robado directamente de la fuente. Según la Cámara de Comercio de los Estados Unidos , la piratería en línea es responsable de al menos $ 29,2 mil millones en ingresos domésticos perdidos, 230,000 en empleos estadounidenses perdidos y $ 47,5 mil millones en reducción
There was a decline in piracy globally in the first three months of 2021, with 38 incidents compared to 47 in the same period last year, but violence against crew is on the rise with 40 crew kidnapped compared to 22 last year, according to latest figures from IMB. Gulf of Guinea accounted for nearly half (43%) of all reported piracy incidents in Q1 2021.
IMB Piracy Report Q1 2021
IMB’s latest global piracy report records 38 incidents since the start of 2021 – compared with 47 incidents during the same period last year. In the first three months of 2021, the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) reported 33 vessels boarded, two attempted attacks, two vessels fired upon, and one vessel hijacked.
MT Davide B was boarded and 15 crew kidnapped on March 11 (De Poli Shipmanagement)
The Philippines government announced that it is getting involved to help secure the release of the kidnapped seafarers that were taken a week ago from De Poli’s chemical tanker MT Davide B approximately 220 nautical miles south of Lagos, Nigeria. The government’s efforts came as the shipowner announced that they had made contact with the crew and that they were all safe.
“Families have been informed and the efforts are underway to secure the crew members’ safe release,” said Ivy Banzon-Abalos, the Executive Director for Strategic Communications at the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs. According to the Philippine authorities, four Filipino crew members were