As regards the situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia for the period January to June 2014, MSC noted a document providing an update on the activities carried out by the Information Sharing Centre of the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia, and including the action taken by some of its members with respect to those found to be responsible for fuel siphoning cases that had been widely reported in the media (IMO, 2014f)