Piracy at Sea

Over more than three decades starting in the 1990s, thousands of robberies, acts of piracy, and other violent attacks against merchant vessels have been reported in many of the world’s waters. The grave danger of piracy poses a direct threat not only to the security and efficiency of marine transpor...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mejia, Jr., Maximo Q. (Editor), Kojima, Chie (Editor), Sawyer, Mark (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Series:WMU Studies in Maritime Affairs
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The Malmö Declaration: Calling for a Multi-sectoral Response to Piracy
  • International Conference on Piracy at Sea: Keynote Address
  • Piracy: Armed Robbery, Kidnapping, Torture and Murder at Sea
  • Human Rights in Counter-piracy Operations: No Legal Vacuum but Legal Uncertainty
  • The Use of ‘Ship-riders’ to Assert Jurisdiction over Piracy and Armed Robbery off Somalia: Is the Gulf of Aden the Caribbean?
  • The Law Enforcement Approach to Sea Piracy: Overcoming Challenges to Effective Investigation and Prosecution of Somali Pirates
  • Japanese Anti-Piracy Law: Protection of Flagged-out Ships
  • The Law and Economics of Piracy at Sea
  • An Overview of the Economic Implications of Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Nigeria
  • An Overview of the Economic Implications of Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Nigeria
  • Warships Alone Will not Curb Piracy off the Somali Coast: Lessons from Puntland, State of Somalia
  • The North American Maritime Security Initiative (NAMSI)
  • Economic, Political, and Social Implications of Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea: Nigeria as a Case Study
  • Piracy and Organised Crime at Sea: Following the Money Trail
  • How to Thwart Success in Piracy: Core Strategies of Security
  • Risk Modelling of Non-lethal Response to Maritime Piracy and Estimating its Effect
  • Somali Piracy: Understanding the Criminal Business Model
  • MV Renuar: 133 Days of Fear, Helplessness, and Hopelessness
  • The Human Cost of Somali Piracy