NATO ends Indian Ocean counter piracy mission

Operation Ocean Shield officially ends on 15th December 2016

NATO has formally ended its counter-piracy mission off Somalia after a fall in attacks and in order to move its resources to pay closer attention to Russia in the Black Sea and people smugglers in the Mediterranean.

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