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Pirate attacks on ships worldwide jumped 20 percent last year driven by a record spate of kidnappings off West Africa, a maritime watchdog said Wednesday, urging increased sea patrols.

Boost the security in the northern part of the indian ocean where various incidents including pirate attacks are taking mace. what does this mean -- taking place? what does this mean? we have an international security expert. man, oh man, jim, you've got tehran and moscow and beijing getting together, this time on the high seas. how troubling is this? >> well, of two minds on this, eric, and a happy thanksgiving to you. on the one hand, it's a new political development. i mean, it's different. haven't had those three together in that sort of way. now, russia and china have had military exercis...

Help. uk's royal navy stopped in the port to help train nigeria's knave toy put out fires. there are plenty of fires to put out off the coast of nigeria. >> it'ss major growing for illel fishing is a huge problem, unreported fishing. they struggle to police that. also smuggling of contraband, piracy and it all goes on. it folds up to a collective umbrella of maritime crime. >> the coast of west africa has one of the highest rates of piracy in the world. in 2014, there were 116 pirate attacks in the gulf of guinea according to control risks. the global risks consulting company. the group says 6...

What is the concern they are seeing today in the country? >> the concern is it has become a lawless ungoverned territory where they were launched strikes like the one that killed 67 people at the mall in kenya. earlier this month the u.s. sent a handful of conventional military advisors in and they are the first u.s. trips to be based in somalia since the u.s. forces pulled out after the black hawk down. pirate attacks at the lowest point in six years thanks to military efforts to curb that. he said he would not quit his office, but the first-term congressman busted for cocaine is changing h...

Doing business. they are not only in pirate alley, somalia, gulf of aden but now in the gulf of guinea. >> mik, we just on the screen put up a graphic that demonstrates the fact most americans don't know right now there have been 40 piracy attacks in the first quarter, 29 in nigeria's waters. most are familiar because of the movie and story of captain phillips with the idea of somali pirates but it's the western coast of africa that's the real danger zone. >> that's right. you know what's remarkable, piracy attacks overall all around the world are down 30% so far this year. the number of pirat...