Med EU NAVFOR Somalia - operation Atalanta (der blev iværksat i december 2008), som fulgte efter EU NAVCO til støtte for visse medlemsstaters overvågnings- og beskyttelsesoperationer i Somalia og ud for Somalias kyst, påtog EU sig at bekæmpe en type kriminalitet, der endnu ikke var blevet taget op inden for ESFP133.
With EU NAVFOR Somalia - operation ATALANTA (launched in December 2008), preceded by EU NAVCO supporting surveillance and protection operations led by certain Member States in Somalia and off the Somali coast, the EU undertook action to counter a type of crime that had not yet been tackled in the ESDP