Downing
Street spokesperson said "The information uncovered by analysts
will be used to help disrupt those orchestrating the smuggling, and
could pave the way for the second phase of the operation which would
involve intercepting smugglers' vessels on the high seas and - subject
to agreement from others - in territorial waters, and impounding their
vessels."
Enterprise is not new to such an intelligence gathering role having
patrolled off the coast of Iraq and hunted pirates through the Gulf
of Aden and off the Somali coast. |