--- title: "METIS INSIGHTS - West Africa: where have the pirates gone?" description: West Africa's Gulf of Guinea was the global epicentre of maritime crime and piracy but in 2021 the trend of increasing incidents declined significantly. image: https://www.dryadglobal.com/hubfs/Metis%20Insights%20FINAL.png --- # METIS INSIGHTS ### Your Maritime Security Report ![Metis-insights small](https://www.dryadglobal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Branding/Metis-insights%20small.png?width=252&name=Metis-insights%20small.png) See for yourself why Dryad Global is leading the narrative with high quality security insights and analysis. Learn how our analysts work and what they think about security events and trends in the industry with our 10 minute reads.   ### Download your copy   # **Where have the** # ** pirates gone?**  The Gulf of Guinea has been the global epicentre of maritime crime and piracy for some time now. However, throughout 2021 the well-established trend of increasing incidents, often involving the violent armed boarding of vessels and the kidnap and ransom of crews, has declined significantly.   **Download your copy by filling in the form above.** ![Metis Insights FINAL - Where have the pirates gone?](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/507386/CLEAN-images/lazy-imgs/lazy-img-800x500.png) ![Vessel_Protect](https://www.dryadglobal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Vessel_Protect%20Logo-2.png?width=1591&height=305&name=Vessel_Protect%20Logo-2.png) ![cr-internatiomal](https://www.dryadglobal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logocr-internatiomal.jpg?width=842&height=170&name=logocr-internatiomal.jpg) ![Energy-Voice](https://www.dryadglobal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Energy-Voice-SUBSEA-LOGO.jpg?width=964&height=259&name=Energy-Voice-SUBSEA-LOGO.jpg) ![Splash247](https://www.dryadglobal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SplashlogoArtboard-2_8-2.png?width=640&height=301&name=SplashlogoArtboard-2_8-2.png) ![gCaptain](https://www.dryadglobal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/gCaptain_Logo-1.jpg?width=850&height=385&name=gCaptain_Logo-1.jpg) ![SAFETY4SEA-Logo-NEW-1-2](https://www.dryadglobal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SAFETY4SEA-Logo-NEW-1-2.png?width=3937&height=1969&name=SAFETY4SEA-Logo-NEW-1-2.png) ![lloyds-list](https://www.dryadglobal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/lloyds-list-logo-100x100-1.png?width=100&height=100&name=lloyds-list-logo-100x100-1.png) ![IHS-Markit](https://www.dryadglobal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/salt-branding-logo-design-IHS-Markit-1.png?width=520&height=321&name=salt-branding-logo-design-IHS-Markit-1.png) ![marine-link-logo](https://www.dryadglobal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/marine-link-logo.jpg?width=360&height=144&name=marine-link-logo.jpg) ![NLNG](https://www.dryadglobal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/NLNG%20(1).png?width=1024&height=724&name=NLNG%20(1).png) ![web-Maritime-executive-1](https://www.dryadglobal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/web-Maritime-executive-1.png?width=350&height=150&name=web-Maritime-executive-1.png) ![National-Oceanographic-Centre-2](https://www.dryadglobal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/National-Oceanographic-Centre-2.png?width=350&height=150&name=National-Oceanographic-Centre-2.png) ![Metis Insights -small](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/507386/hubfs/CLEAN-images/lazy-imgs/lazy-img-800x500.png?width=300&height=424&name=lazy-img-800x500.png) #### The Macro from the Micro The Signal from the Noise- Understand how the big (and small) events impact you and your business. ** ![The 'So-what'](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/507386/hubfs/CLEAN-images/lazy-imgs/lazy-img-800x500.png?width=300&height=424&name=lazy-img-800x500.png) #### The 'So What?' 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