IMB Piracy Reporting Centre

The Piracy Reporting Centre of the ICC International Maritime Bureau, opened in 1992 and based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It runs a 24-hour watch that receives reports of piracy and armed robbery against ships worldwide, broadcasts warnings to vessels, liaises with law-enforcement and rescue agencies, and publishes quarterly and annual statistics that are a primary public record of global incident trends. The PRC’s definitions follow IMO and the IMB; its figures are widely cited by underwriters, navies, and the press, and feed the global maritime threat picture alongside ReCAAP and regional centers.