Graphic Online BY: Edward Acquah 705 Deepening intelligence, information exchange and coordination between vessels and agencies is the surest way to deal with the surge in maritime crime in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG), the Commandant of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Major General Francis Ofori, has said. According to him, although countries along the GoG had, in recent times, stepped up their collaborative efforts in fighting the menace, there was still more to be done to deepen the existing cooperation and information sharing techniques. In his view, increased intelligence had become necessary, as statistics indicated that pirates in the GoG had enhanced their capabilities and were now launching attacks further from the coast, a development he described as worrying.