Via Annie Lowrey comes news that the International Maritime Bureau keeps a constantly updated map of international piracy with embedded data on the attacks. Check it out:
The purple pins are "suspicious vessels," the yellow "attempted attacks," and the red "actual attacks." The picture above is just a screen grab, but if you head over to the IMB site, you can actually click through for the full reports. Some are less impressive than others. For instance, "four robbers armed with long knives boarded a container ship during cargo operations. They broke open one reefer container and stole contents from it. Upon seeing the watchman, the robbers escaped. Port police informed." I'm sort of hoping reefer means what I think it means, but I'm guessing it doesn't.
The purple pins are "suspicious vessels," the yellow "attempted attacks," and the red "actual attacks." The picture above is just a screen grab, but if you head over to the IMB site, you can actually click through for the full reports. Some are less impressive than others. For instance, "four robbers armed with long knives boarded a container ship during cargo operations. They broke open one reefer container and stole contents from it. Upon seeing the watchman, the robbers escaped. Port police informed." I'm sort of hoping reefer means what I think it means, but I'm guessing it doesn't. 
