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Italy throws down the gauntlet to Indian Ocean pirates as warship is dispatched.
(From Lloyds List)
Byline: Move follows two attacks within a week off Somalia, writes John McLaughlin
ITALY will despatch a warship to the Indian Ocean to protect Italian merchant ships operating in the region, the country's Ministry of Defence said on Friday.
The move follows two attacks by pirates on Italian-owned merchant ships within the space of a week, and a subsequent call for naval protectionfrom national shipowners' organisation Confitarma.
In a statement, the Defence Ministry cited 'the recent armed attacks on national merchant ships off Somalia, and the wider resurgence of piracy in the Indian Ocean' for dispatching the vessel.
'The ship will be tasked with surveillance and deterrence functions, and will also escort Italian merchant ships through international waters in which the risk of attack by pirates is particularly high,' the ministry said.
'Such measures are necessary in order to tackle an increasingly dangerous trend, which can lead tothe boarding and capture of vesselsby tough, well-organised gangs.'
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