The Indian Navy on Saturday handed over 35 Somali pirates to police in Mumbai after 100 days of anti-piracy operations in the east of the Red Sea, where piracy has resurfaced for the first time in almost a decade.
India, the largest national force in the Gulf of Aden and northern Arabian Sea region, captured pirates off the cargo ship Rouen last week, three months after it was hijacked off the Somali coast.
Taking advantage of Western forces' focus on protecting shipping from attacks in the Red Sea by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi militants, pirates have carried out or attempted more than 20 hijackings since November, driving up insurance and security costs. And the crisis for global shipping has increased. Companies.