[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"question:102:en-US":3},{"metadata":4,"sys":15,"fields":35},{"tags":5,"concepts":14},[6,11],{"sys":7},{"type":8,"linkType":9,"id":10},"Link","Tag","global",{"sys":12},{"type":8,"linkType":9,"id":13},"peace",[],{"space":16,"id":20,"type":21,"createdAt":22,"updatedAt":23,"environment":24,"publishedVersion":28,"revision":29,"contentType":30,"locale":34},{"sys":17},{"type":8,"linkType":18,"id":19},"Space","ghhpjogyw4x7","5301bb3df07c60e28442fb274a02b77a","Entry","2022-01-04T12:12:07.874Z","2023-11-27T09:05:42.637Z",{"sys":25},{"id":26,"type":8,"linkType":27},"master","Environment",190,27,{"sys":31},{"type":8,"linkType":32,"id":33},"ContentType","question","en-US",{"globalId":36,"answers":37,"answersAsImages":57,"wrongPercentage":96,"name":97,"questionText":98,"statistics":99,"veryWrongStatistics":101,"correctSentence":103,"youWereWrong":104,"youWereRight":105,"dataSourceShortText":106,"dataSourceLinkLongText":107,"extendedAnswerText":108,"headingVeryWrong":109,"youWereVeryWrong":110,"headingWrong":109},"102",[38,60,79],{"metadata":39,"sys":42,"fields":55},{"tags":40,"concepts":41},[],[],{"space":43,"id":45,"type":21,"createdAt":46,"updatedAt":47,"environment":48,"publishedVersion":50,"revision":51,"contentType":52,"locale":34},{"sys":44},{"type":8,"linkType":18,"id":19},"0cdd7cb8b92bd8df710dc8b2fa93d127","2022-01-04T12:11:55.206Z","2023-10-19T07:52:30.702Z",{"sys":49},{"id":26,"type":8,"linkType":27},23,14,{"sys":53},{"type":8,"linkType":32,"id":54},"answer",{"globalId":56,"correctAnswer":57,"isVeryWrong":58,"answerText":59},"102-a1",false,true,"It doubled ",{"metadata":61,"sys":64,"fields":76},{"tags":62,"concepts":63},[],[],{"space":65,"id":67,"type":21,"createdAt":68,"updatedAt":69,"environment":70,"publishedVersion":72,"revision":73,"contentType":74,"locale":34},{"sys":66},{"type":8,"linkType":18,"id":19},"189e13df645fdd9afbfaa1be03c6d96b","2022-01-04T12:12:00.279Z","2023-10-19T07:52:39.813Z",{"sys":71},{"id":26,"type":8,"linkType":27},21,13,{"sys":75},{"type":8,"linkType":32,"id":54},{"globalId":77,"correctAnswer":57,"isVeryWrong":57,"answerText":78},"102-a2","It didn’t change much",{"metadata":80,"sys":83,"fields":93},{"tags":81,"concepts":82},[],[],{"space":84,"id":86,"type":21,"createdAt":87,"updatedAt":88,"environment":89,"publishedVersion":50,"revision":51,"contentType":91,"locale":34},{"sys":85},{"type":8,"linkType":18,"id":19},"35ca5473e8c725fc6d3f8920719805bb","2022-01-04T12:12:04.931Z","2023-10-19T07:52:51.807Z",{"sys":90},{"id":26,"type":8,"linkType":27},{"sys":92},{"type":8,"linkType":32,"id":54},{"globalId":94,"correctAnswer":58,"isVeryWrong":57,"answerText":95},"102-a3","It halved",71,"Piracy attacks","What happened to the number of pirate attacks on boats worldwide in the last 10 years?",[100],"uk 0.71",[102],"uk 0.43","Globally, the number of pirate attacks on boats decreased by more than 50% between 2012 and 2022.","The news likes to focus on the unusual, and the trends are rarely mentioned.","They have probably seen pirate attacks on the news and assume the problem is increasing.","Source: International Maritime Bureau Piracy Reporting Centre ","The data comes from the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre, which is the authority for piracy reporting data globally. We have also discussed this question with five experts in the field who are in agreement with the use of these findings.\n\nIMB is an independent and non-governmental agency acting as a single point of contact for shipmasters anywhere in the world whose vessels have been attacked or robbed by pirates. There are caveats to the IMB data, however. Attacks and attempted attacks are self-reported and IMB does not collect data in any other way such as crowdsourcing or monitoring seas for attacks. The organization receives the information from ships directly. \n\nSecondly, attacks and attempted attacks are likely undercounted (ships may not want to report certain attacks or attempted attacks). So, there probably is more sea piracy than is reported to the IMB. It is important to note that there was a spike in piracy attacks between 2009-2011, mostly driven by attacks off the coast of Somalia. If we look at data on hijackings, which are perhaps more likely to be reported than other forms of piracy, the decrease over the past 10 years is still real and sizable.\n\nIMB data for the first quarter of 2023 showed 27 reported incidents, a significant decrease from the 37 reported in the first quarter of 2022[4]. \n\n[1]  [Global Piracy attacks since 2010, IMB PRC - compiled by Gapminder](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.google.com\u002Fspreadsheets\u002Fd\u002F1ozMWVsYQupAWT_TPico-bzsBAt_jA1NrgvYPoWSEcPY\u002Fedit#gid=501532268)\n\n[2]  [International Maritime Bureau Piracy Reporting Centre, IMB PRC](https:\u002F\u002Fallaboutshipping.co.uk\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F01\u002F2022-Annual-IMB-Piracy-and-Armed-Robbery-Report-ABRIDGED.pdf) \n\n[3]  [Adelina Tumbarska - CURRENT MARITIME PIRACY PRACTICES AND ANTI-PIRACY PROTECTION (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.researchgate.net\u002Fpublication\u002F326972597_CURRENT_MARITIME_PIRACY_PRACTICES_AND_ANTI-PIRACY_PROTECTION) \n\n[4]  [IMB records lowest level of Q1 piracy since 1993 in 2023 report](https:\u002F\u002Ficcwbo.org\u002Fnews-publications\u002Fnews\u002Fimb-records-lowest-level-of-q1-piracy-since-1993-in-2023-report\u002F) \n\n[5]  For this question we consulted five independent experts, including Brandon Prins of the University of Tennessee.\n","When we see reports of piracy on the news it's easy to believe that it's an increasing problem all around the world, which is just not the case. In reality, sea piracy has been on a downward trend over the past ten years. The number of reported pirate attacks globally decreased by more than 50% between 2012 and 2022, from around 300 to 115. \n\nMost attacks are actually opportunistic and most often target anchored ships to steal equipment, crews’ belongings and money. The exception was between 2009-2011, when significant numbers of attacks were conducted against vessels that were moving across the ocean (typically off the coast of Somalia). \n\nIt is hard to imagine today’s pirates, who typically spend most of their time on shore, using advanced machinery to track and capture boats and heavy weaponry such as machine guns and rocket propelled grenades to carry out their piracy. It is all a far cry from the classic images of bearded men with eye patches and wooden legs!\n\n### Why is it a problem that people are wrong about this?\nIf we overestimate the threat posed by sea piracy we may avoid traveling to places that are far from dangerous. It's common to think the world is just getting more dangerous, but many dangerous things are actually declining, like sea piracy.\n\n### Why are people wrong about this?\nThey probably hear about pirate attacks on the news, and it's easy to get the impression that things shown on the news are problems that are increasing. In fact, many of the scary things on the news are reported exactly because they have become more rare.\n\n### Where are sea pirates more common?\nIn recent years, maritime piracy has been intensifying in certain areas, with attacks often occurring in clusters around the Singapore Strait. While it has been declining in other areas such as Somalia, where there was a spike in attacks in 2009-2011, but none were recorded in 2022. You can see the data in [this graph](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gapminder.org\u002Ftools\u002F#$ui$chart$endBeforeForecast=2021&showForecast:true;&projector:true;&model$markers$bubble$encoding$y$data$concept=pirats_bo&source=fasttrack&space@=country&=time;;&scale$domain:null&zoomed:null&type:null;;&frame$value=2010;&trail$data$filter$markers$mys=2010;;;;;;;;&chart-type=bubbles&url=v1) showing the number of reported piracy attacks on boats in different countries since 2010.\n\n### Can I trust this fact?\nYes, but there are limitations of the data, which comes from the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre, which is the authority for piracy reporting data globally. IMB is an independent and non-governmental agency acting as a single point of contact for shipmasters anywhere in the world whose vessels have been attacked or robbed by pirates. There are caveats to the IMB data, however. Attacks and attempted attacks are self-reported and IMB does not crowdsource or monitor seas for attacks. The organization receives the information from ships directly. Secondly, attacks and attempted attacks are likely undercounted (ships may not want to report certain attacks or attempted attacks). So, there probably is more sea piracy than is reported to the IMB. If we look at data on hijackings, which are perhaps more likely to be reported than other forms of piracy, the decrease over the past 10 years is still real and sizable.\n\nWe have consulted with five experts in the field who all agree that the global trend has been declining.\n","Fewer pirates make more headlines","The news likes to focus on the unusual, and when something becomes even more unusual, it may get even more news coverage, like sea pirates today."]