KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Indonesia scored the highest number of pirate attacks in the first quarter of the year with 19 raids or attempted raids on shipping in its waters, the International Maritime Bureau said in a report.
For all of last year, a total 113 piracy cases were reported in Indonesian waters, 18 of them in the first quarter.
There were 56 pirate attacks or attempted attacks worldwide in the first quarter of 2000, down from 66 in the same period last year, the report said.
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Seven of the 56 attacks were in the Malacca Strait, between peninsular Malaysia and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Five were reported in Indian waters, while Bangladesh and Nigeria had four cases each.