NPHS 1510 Federal and International Case Study: Maritime Piracy
Piracy Key Resources http://www.consilium.europa.eu/showPage.aspx?id=1518&lang=fr http://www.worldpeacefoundation.org/WPF_Piracy_PolicyBrief_11.pdf http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2010/01/maritime-piracy-hits-worst-level-since.php http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1069 http://www.uscg.mil/cgjournal/ http://homeport.uscg.mil/mycg/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentTypeId=2&channelId=-18346&contentId=184765&programId=13046&programPage=%2Fep%2Fprogram%2Feditorial.jsp&pageTypeId=13489 http://www.navy.mil/Search/display.asp?story_id=41687
Piracy Definition Plane Hijacker Privateering Private party At sea Other Bodies/on Shore Not crime among passengers Plane Hijacker pirate de l'air Privateering
Piracy Boarding Extortion Hostage taking Kidnapping of people for ransom Murder Robbery Seizure of items or the ship Shipwrecking/Sabotaging done intentionally to a ship Theft of the Ship
Anti Piracy Agencies Commercial Crime Services (CCS) International Chamber of Commerce International Maritime Bureau (IMB)
Yearly Piracy
Piracy 2000 - 2006 2,463 Actual or Attempted Acts Average 352/Year
Victims of Piracy
Shipping Routes
Locations of Piracy
Live Piracy Tracking
Live Piracy Report Attack Number: 2010/035 Date: Vessel Type: Fri Mar 05 2010 Vessel Type: Chemical tanker Location detail: 660nm South of Mogadishu Attack Type: Hijacked Incident Details: 05.03.2010: 0535 UTC: Posn: 08:53S – 043:23E, 660 nm south off Mogadishu, Somalia. Armed pirates attacked a chemical tanker underway. They took hostage 21 crewmembers and hijacked the ship to Somali coast. Attack Position: -8.88333333333333, 43.3833333333333
Trends Increasing Sophistication Further Distance Mother Ship Better Weapons Terrorist Connection