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Piracy at Sea

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Editors:
  1. Maximo Q. Mejia, Jr.

    1. Maritime Industry Authority, Manila, Philippines

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  2. Chie Kojima

    1. Musashino University Faculty of Political Science & Economics, Tokyo, Japan

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  3. Mark Sawyer

    1. Richmond Hill, USA

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  • Presents a general overview of contemporary/modern piracy
  • Provides a multi-disciplinary overview of the numerous factors underlying the complex phenomenon of piracy
  • Examines solutions/options for combating piracy at sea
  • Surveys the state of research and thinking on the threat of maritime piracy
  • Gives a special focus on the piracy situation of Somalia and the Horn of Africa
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: WMU Studies in Maritime Affairs (WMUSTUD, volume 2)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The Malmö Declaration: Calling for a Multi-Sectoral Response to Piracy

    • Maximo Q. Mejia Jr., Chie Kojima, Mark Sawyer
    Pages 1-15

  3. International Conference on Piracy at Sea: Keynote Address

    • Efthimios E. Mitropoulos
    Pages 17-21

  4. Piracy: Armed Robbery, Kidnapping, Torture and Murder at Sea

    • Torben C. Skaanild
    Pages 23-29

  5. Human Rights in Counter-Piracy Operations: No Legal Vacuum but Legal Uncertainty

    • Anna Petrig
    Pages 31-45

  6. The Use of ‘Ship-Riders’ to Assert Jurisdiction Over Piracy and Armed Robbery Off Somalia: Is the Gulf of Aden the Caribbean?

    • Efthymios Papastavridis
    Pages 47-65

  7. The Law Enforcement Approach to Sea Piracy: Overcoming Challenges to Effective Investigation and Prosecution of Somali Pirates

    • Henri Fouché
    Pages 67-79

  8. Japanese Anti-Piracy Law: Protection of Flagged-Out Ships

    • Kentaro Furuya
    Pages 81-102

  9. The Law and Economics of Piracy at Sea

    • Caitlin Stapleton Kaprove
    Pages 103-123

  10. An Overview of the Economic Implications of Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Nigeria

    • John A. Wajilda
    Pages 125-135

  11. China’s Efforts to Fight Piracy at Sea

    • Zhen Lin
    Pages 137-155

  12. Warships Alone Will Not Curb Piracy Off the Somali Coast: Lessons from Puntland, State of Somalia

    • Ahmed Khalif Bile
    Pages 157-175

  13. The North American Maritime Security Initiative (NAMSI)

    • Ricardo Eliseo Valdés Cerda
    Pages 177-188

  14. Economic, Political, and Social Implications of Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea: Nigeria as a Case Study

    • Yusuf Mohammad Bala
    Pages 189-202

  15. Piracy and Organised Crime at Sea: Following the Money Trail

    • Marelize Schoeman, Benjamin Häefele
    Pages 203-215

  16. How to Thwart Success in Piracy: Core Strategies of Security

    • Joan P. Mileski, Maximo Q. Mejia Jr., Arielle D. Carchidi
    Pages 217-240

  17. Risk Modelling of Non-Lethal Response to Maritime Piracy and Estimating Its Effect

    • George Ad Psarros, Ronald Kessel, Chris Strode, Rolf Skjong
    Pages 241-260

  18. Somali Piracy: Understanding the Criminal Business Model

    • George Kiourktsoglou, Alec D. Coutroubis
    Pages 261-283

  19. MV Renuar: 133 Days of Fear, Helplessness, and Hopelessness

    • Calixto Caniete
    Pages 285-288

  20. The Human Cost of Somali Piracy

    • Kaija Hurlburt
    Pages 289-310
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​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 transportation, but more seriously, to the lives of the men and woman carrying out this important function. This book collates ideas brought up by seafarers, shipowners, industry practitioners, government officials, academics, and researchers exchanged views and insights on the complex web of underlying factors behind the phenomenon of piracy. Piracy at Sea brings together a wide spectrum of maritime stakeholders, who present different aspects of the problem in an open manner and share their thoughts on how to deal with a truly complex situation. It encapsulates this collective wisdom in a publication that can serve as an easy reference for practitioners as well as researchers, and hopefully contribute to more concrete action.​

Editors and Affiliations

  • Maritime Industry Authority, Manila, Philippines

    Maximo Q. Mejia, Jr.

  • Musashino University Faculty of Political Science & Economics, Tokyo, Japan

    Chie Kojima

  • Richmond Hill, USA

    Mark Sawyer

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