This image is the second map. It depicts 108 attacks in 2025. In this map, attacks are clearly centralized to a turn point with in the Phillip Channel. This segment of the strait is highlighted light grey with red arrows. Below the arrows reads, "Robbers target turning ships".

Robbers target turning ships

MALAYSIA

SINGAPORE

Malacca Strait

Singapore Strait

2025

By 2025, attacks were localized to the Phillip Channel. During that year, arrests of two syndicates operating within the strait pointed to actors in organized crime and the development of the attackers' methodology. 5 These robbers have transitioned to strategically target turning ships, in contrast to the more opportunistic attacks in prior years.

Source: IMO, Marine Regions

This image is the second map. It depicts 108 attacks in 2025. In this map, attacks are clearly centralized to a turn point with in the Phillip Channel. This segment of the strait is highlighted light grey with red arrows. Below the arrows reads, "Robbers target turning ships".

Malaysia

MALAYSIA

SINGAPORE

Malacca Strait

Singapore Strait

Malaysia

Indonesia

Indonesia

Singapore

Indonesia

Robbers target turning ships

2025

By 2025, attacks were localized to the Phillip Channel. During that year, arrests of two syndicates operating within the strait pointed to actors in organized crime and the development of the attackers' methodology. 5 These robbers have transitioned to strategically target turning ships, in contrast to the more opportunistic attacks in prior years.

Source: IMO, Marine Regions