Maritime Crime

  • The Role of ReCAAP

    The surge in maritime piracy and robbery in Southeast Asia that followed the Asian Financial Crisis led to the signing ReCAAP. This paper looks at the current state of the […]

  • Detained ships smuggled from Cornish port

    Two tugs detained in the Westcountry and condemned as unseaworthy have been smuggled out of port in the dead of night. An investigation has been launched. Detained ships are smuggled from […]

  • Interpol to Combat Illegal Fishing

    Project Scale is an INTERPOL initiative to detect, suppress and combat fisheries crime. World fish stocks are being rapidly depleted, and valuable species are nearing extinction. Because fish are a valuable […]

  • Russia Calls For Tougher Arctic Security

    Russia and other Arctic littoral states should boost security on their Arctic frontiers, as rapid ice loss is making the region accessible to maritime traffic. Russia Calls For Tougher Arctic […]

  • New EU initiative to combat piracy

    A new project which will boost security and the safety of maritime routes across seven African countries in the Gulf of Guinea was announced today. New EU initiative to combat […]

  • Piracy Incident Workshop

    Control Risks, the world’s leading provider of incident response services, has designed a workshop for managers who will play a key role in responding to a piracy incident at a […]

  • Managing a Piracy Incident

    Control Risks, the world’s leading provider of incident response services, has designed a workshop for managers who will play a key role in responding to a piracy incident at a […]

  • Cutlass Express

    Held only for the second time, Cutlass Express is an East African maritime exercise focusing on counter-piracy, counter-narcotics and illegal fishing Eight Navies Complete East African Exercise Cutlass Express 2012 […]

  • Turning the Tide

    Andrew J. Shapiro of the US State Department discusses the significant progress made in combating piracy off the coast of Somalia Turning the Tide on Somali Piracy   Remarks by Andrew […]

  • Montecristo Hijack Trial

    MSR’s correspondent in Italy Enzo Mangini continues to report from Rome on the first piracy trial in modern Italian judicial history. The Montecristo Hijack Trial By Enzo Mangini, Maritime Security […]