The operation’s main focus is the protection of World Food Programme vessels delivering humanitarian aid to Somalia.
But the military effort has also participated in the deterrence, repression and disruption of piracy off the Somali coast.
“Despite the significant progress that has been achieved off the coast of Somalia since the operation was launched in 2008, it is widely recognised that the threat from piracy remains; the pirate business model is fractured but not broken,” said EU Naval Force.
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