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- Title
NEW THINKING IN THE FIGHT AGAINST MARINE PIRACY: FINANCING AND PLUNDER PRE-EMPTING PIRACY BEFORE PREVENTION BECOMES NECESSARY.
- Authors
Williamson, Hugh R.
- Abstract
Contemporary piracy has been a serious regional problem since the 1980s. In addition to the seizure for ransom of vessels off the Horn of Africa, attacks against the refugee "boat people " in the Gulf of Thailand, hijacking of yachts in the Caribbean, the armed robbery of vessels in the Straits of Malacca, and the seizure of oil tankers in West Africa are all "piracy-like" criminal activities, even if they do not fit the classical legal definition of maritime piracy. Rather than focus on one specific outbreak, the Dalhousie Marine Piracy Project has undertaken a global study of a business model of contemporary piracy and studied potential identifiers for potential outbreaks, as well as weak points that may be exploited to suppress piracy in the future.
- Subjects
HORN of Africa; GULF of Thailand; MARITIME piracy; HIJACKING of yachts; ARMED robbery; BOAT people; SEIZURE of vessels &; cargoes
- Publication
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, 2013, Vol 46, Issue 1/2, p335
- ISSN
0008-7254
- Publication type
Article