Members of the French Navy monitor an area on their computers during a joint patrol against illicit maritime activities aboard a Falcon 50 aircraft alongside the Cape Verdean Coast Guards in Cape Verde, on April 2, 2026. A Falcon 50 aircraft has been deployed to Cape Verde as part of France's mission to reinforce maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea through the CORYMBE Mission and to combat illicit maritime activities such as illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, drug trafficking or piracy. (Photo by PATRICK MEINHARDT / AFP via Getty Images)