LONDON, July 9 (UPI) -- Maritime crimes, including piracy, increased 22 percent in Southeast Asia during the first six months of this year over the same period in 2014, according to a report.
In the first half of this year, there were 120 reports of piracy and maritime crimes in Southeast Asia, an increase of 22 percent over the same period in 2014, according to Dryad Maritime, a British maritime intelligence and operations company.