International Piracy and Robbery Against Ships,, "Source: UN International Maritime Organization, Monthly Piracy Circulars, available at http://www.imo.org",, Date Updated: 02/19/02,, Unit of Measurement: Number of Incidents,, ,, Date,Total,Trend Jan-94,0, Feb-94,0, Mar-94,0, Apr-94,0, May-94,0, Jun-94,0, Jul-94,1, Aug-94,0, Sep-94,1, Oct-94,2, Nov-94,1, Dec-94,1, Jan-95,11,9.880722542 Feb-95,9,11.52610285 Mar-95,11,12.08308257 Apr-95,18,13.54966222 May-95,15,13.96175659 Jun-95,17,14.92237633 Jul-95,12,14.13632635 Aug-95,16,12.81166857 Sep-95,7,10.62287943 Oct-95,12,10.63179563 Nov-95,5,10.49692631 Dec-95,5,12.33018763 Jan-96,29,16.98776856 Feb-96,12,17.81389203 Mar-96,24,19.07809207 Apr-96,18,18.26401544 May-96,22,18.67774803 Jun-96,17,18.56546824 Jul-96,12,18.3493002 Aug-96,23,19.80079794 Sep-96,23,20.21926301 Oct-96,22,19.77100659 Nov-96,18,18.65636351 Dec-96,12,17.2307804 Jan-97,19,17.82765607 Feb-97,20,20.06128123 Mar-97,17,19.60122862 Apr-97,24,20.90637991 May-97,25,21.66245916 Jun-97,20,21.91807904 Jul-97,21,21.99148911 Aug-97,19,21.08903314 Sep-97,29,21.6608143 Oct-97,15,19.17356193 Nov-97,20,19.24556347 Dec-97,19,18.50703224 Jan-98,16,17.31883908 Feb-98,18,19.05196568 Mar-98,17,18.17374787 Apr-98,23,18.4195674 May-98,20,17.25449024 Jun-98,12,15.88235863 Jul-98,10,15.0875539 Aug-98,15,15.53145675 Sep-98,18,16.54836972 Oct-98,16,17.43881573 Nov-98,15,19.6197316 Dec-98,29,23.96652178 Jan-99,36,25.94376328 Feb-99,14,25.19526372 Mar-99,33,26.38658547 Apr-99,29,24.87085891 May-99,21,21.89602739 Jun-99,12,20.60807813 Jul-99,22,22.14382326 Aug-99,18,22.53695285 Sep-99,24,25.56882156 Oct-99,37,29.88228988 Nov-99,33,31.29374873 Dec-99,31,31.93487957 Jan-00,41,33.54794205 Feb-00,22,33.78750528 Mar-00,15,35.76450162 Apr-00,37,37.74149795 May-00,47,40.40723017 Jun-00,31,40.93271842 Jul-00,46,45.12508833 Aug-00,51,47.64179842 Sep-00,53,48.97260409 Oct-00,53,48.52725557 Nov-00,51,46.60564446 Dec-00,45,42.71277414 Jan-01,41,38.50094326 Feb-01,25,35.24735786 Mar-01,31,32.71738226 Apr-01,29,31.56280265 May-01,32,31.83883008 Jun-01,39,33.13852199 Jul-01,25,30.49879433 Aug-01,34,29.28544252 Sep-01,22,26.46917278 Oct-01,25,26.00197426 Nov-01,28,26.87349622 Dec-01,35,27.47407323 Jan-02,28,25.39411139 Feb-02,12,24.08315229 Mar-02,26,24.32667517 Apr-02,22,24.18128587 May-02,27,25.16230339 Jun-02,27,26.25801895 Jul-02,, Aug-02,, Sep-02,, Oct-02,, Nov-02 Dec-02