The rise in incidents in the Singapore Strait south of the Republic mirrored an increase in cases of armed robbery in Asian waters. - ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
SINGAPORE (The Straits times/ANN): More incidents of armed robbery occurred in the Singapore Strait in the first half of 2023, amid a worsened socio-economic situation in the region, according to a sea crime watch group for Asia.
The 38 incidents in one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes between January and June 2023 represented a 41 per cent increase from 27 in the same period in 2022.
