Navy warns personnel over Somali security jobs

A NAVAL Service investigation into personnel moonlighting on anti-pirate missions off the coast of Somalia has resulted in one member of the force being disciplined.

The investigation was mounted last month after allegations were made that a small number of the service’s 1,000-strong personnel had taken leave to work for a private company that supplied security on shipping passing through the pirate-infested waters off the coast of East Africa and in the Gulf of Aden.

The private company, understood to be Gulf of Aden Group Transits, was offering lucrative short-term contracts to experienced seamen to guard valuable oil tankers and cargo ships.