European Union Naval Force Operation ATALANTA – EUNAVFOR ATALANTA

The EU military operation to contribute to the maritime security in the Western Indian Ocean and in the Red Sea

EUNAVFOR ATALANTA plays a vital role in the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy and 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 and 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 and support to International organizations: naval forces, independent deployers and commercial shipping;
• Robust rule-based framework to transfer pirates to regional states for their prosecution.