> "Last year he bought a boat at 13 million dollars to fight pirates."

Correction: Though I recall coming across this information in Togolese news some time ago, I am unable to find an exact source which supports this description. Togo has taken steps to address piracy -- such as creating secure zones near major ports to allow ships to safely anchor -- but this detail of a $13 million boat does not seem to be accurate.

To learn more about the secure zones established by Togo and other countries in West Africa, see Page 13 of the "[The State of Maritime Piracy 2017](http://oceansbeyondpiracy.org/sites/default/files/one_earth_future_state_of_piracy_report_2017.pdf)."

To see the number of piracy attacks in Togo between 2007 and mid-September 2012, see Figure 41 in "[Maritime Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea](https://www.unodc.org/documents/toc/Reports/TOCTAWestAfrica/West_Africa_TOC_PIRACY.pdf)."

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