About Us

EU NAVFOR ATALANTA plays a vital role in the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy & EU’s Naval Diplomacy for the Indo-Pacific. Since 2008 supporting the Coastal States in the combined effort for peace, stability and Maritime security:

  • Permanent protection of WFP and other vulnerable vessels within the Area of Operations;
  • Piracy and armed robbery at sea, prevention, deterrence & repression;
  • Illicit maritime flows disruption and deterrence, including illicit trade financing criminal and terrorist networks;
  • EU Integrated Approach to Somalia together with EUCAP Somalia, EUTM Somalia, EU DEL Somalia and EU Special Representative to the Horn of Africa;
  • Deconfliction, cooperation with & support to International organizations: naval forces (CMF & EMASOH), independent deployers and commercial shipping;
  • Robust rule-based framework to transfer pirates to regional states for their prosecution.

 

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