Figure 1,,,,,,,,,, International Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships: 1995–2001,,,,,,,,,, (Number of incidents),,,,,,,,,, Date,Total,,,,,,,,, Jan-95,11,,,,,,,,, Feb-95,9,,,,,,,,, Mar-95,11,,,,,,,,, Apr-95,18,,,,,,,,, May-95,15,,,,,,,,, Jun-95,17,,,,,,,,, Jul-95,12,,,,,,,,, Aug-95,16,,,,,,,,, Sep-95,7,,,,,,,,, Oct-95,12,,,,,,,,, Nov-95,5,,,,,,,,, Dec-95,5,,,,,,,,, Jan-96,29,,, Feb-96,12,,, Mar-96,24,,, Apr-96,18,,, May-96,22,,, Jun-96,17,,, Jul-96,12,,, Aug-96,23,,, Sep-96,23,,, Oct-96,22,,, Nov-96,18,,, Dec-96,12,,, Jan-97,19,,, Feb-97,20,,, Mar-97,17,,, Apr-97,24,,, May-97,25,,, Jun-97,20,,, Jul-97,21,,, Aug-97,19,,, Sep-97,29,,, Oct-97,15,,, Nov-97,20,,, Dec-97,19,,, Jan-98,16,,, Feb-98,18,,, Mar-98,17,,, Apr-98,23,,, May-98,20,,, Jun-98,12,,, Jul-98,10,,, Aug-98,15,,, Sep-98,18,,, Oct-98,16,,, Nov-98,15,,, Dec-98,29,,, Jan-99,36,,, Feb-99,14,,, Mar-99,33,,, Apr-99,29,,, May-99,21,,, Jun-99,12,,, Jul-99,22,,, Aug-99,18,,, Sep-99,24,,, Oct-99,37,,, Nov-99,33,,, Dec-99,31,,, Jan-00,41,,,,,,,, Feb-00,22,,,,,,,, Mar-00,15,,,,,,,, Apr-00,37,,,,,,,, May-00,47,,,,,,,, Jun-00,31,,,,,,,, Jul-00,46,,,,,,,, Aug-00,51,,,,,,,, Sep-00,53,,,,,,,, Oct-00,53,,,,,,,, Nov-00,51,,,,,,,, Dec-00,45,,,,,,,, Jan-01,39,,,,,,,, Feb-01,24,,,,,,,, Mar-01,30,,,,,,,, Apr-01,29,,,,,,,, May-01,32,,,,,,,, Jun-01,33,,,,,,,, Jul-01,19,,,,,,,, Aug-01,29,,,,,,,, Sep-01,14,,,,,,,, Oct-01,24,,,,,,,, Nov-01,28,,,,,,,, Dec-01,24,,,,,,,, "SOURCE: International Maritime Organization, personal communication, Feb. 11, 2002.",,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,