Tag: maritime crime
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Growing Threat
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has been at the centre of media attention for several years now, however, over the past few months attention has begun to shift to […]
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Submarine Crime
Submarines are the latest challenge faced by the United States and Latin American countries in the fight against drug trafficking. To Smuggle More Drugs, Traffickers Go Under the Sea By […]
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Pirates Seize Oil Tanker
According to the International Maritime Bureau, pirates have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Togo. Pirates Seize Oil Tanker By Mark Lowe, Maritime Security Review Noel Choong of […]
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Capacity Building
The Africa Partnership Station has reiterated its commitment towards building the capacity of the Ghana Navy to combat piracy, poaching, smuggling and the illegal drug trade. APS poised to build […]
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Maritime Security Summit
As piracy continues to be on the rise, the United Nations is now pushing for a summit meeting of West African leaders aimed at thwarting high seas crimes in the […]
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Maritime Security Summit
And as piracy continues to be on the rise, the United Nations is now pushing for a summit meeting of West African leaders aimed at thwarting high seas crimes in […]
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Special Task Force
Maritime security, until 2000 a two-dimensional conceptfocused on likely threats and challenges from State actors and pirates, has become a three dimensional concept as a result of the increasing threats […]
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Challenging Sea Power
The anti-maritime crimes arm of the International Chambers of Commerce in its 2011 piracy report documented that there were 439 reported incidents of piracy worldwide, slightly better than 2010 during […]
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Worldwide Threat to Shipping Report
The Worldwide Threat to Shipping (WTS) message provides information on threats to, and criminal action against, merchant vessels worldwide in the last 30 days. The report is produced primarily to […]
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Smuggling Fuel by Sea
The sea is delivering a lucrative but illicit trade in Nigerian petrol to West Africa. Legally bought in Nigeria, the fuel is loaded onto boats which sail to Togo under […]
