From today, the anti-piracy operation between the Red Sea and Somalia, founded in 2008, will be led by the Italian rear admiral Francesco Saladino. For the next six months he will coordinate, on board the Martinengo ship, the fleet that operates under the European flag to guarantee the safety of ships transiting in one of the hottest areas of the Middle East.
"We will work to prevent and repress piracy, we will protect ships and merchant ships, because this is our mission," underlined the admiral.