Clik here to view.
The International Day of the Seafarer
Today, 25 June 2012 marks the second international Day of the Seafarer. This year, the IMO is asking people around the world to use the power of social networks to highlight the importance of the work...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Incitement to Hunt al-Shabaab
Last month, the U.S. State Department announced that it was offering rewards of $3-7 million for information that would lead to the senior leaders of al-Shabaab. See also, here. As Somali pirates...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Somalia Monitoring Group Report Now Available
The latest Report of the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia is now publicly available. The Monitoring Group is tasked to focus on the ongoing violations of the embargo imposed on Somalia since 1992 by the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Update: Le Ponant Trial Judgement
Our readers might remember Valerie Gabard’s guest post on the recent trial for the 2008 hijack of the French luxury yacht Le Ponant and the kidnap of its crew. After four years of pre-trial detention,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UPDATE: Convictions in First Italy Piracy Trial
The 9 month-long piracy trial for the 2011 hijack of the Italian bulk carrier MV Montecristo, the first in Italian modern history, concluded last week in Rome with the conviction of all 9 Somali...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Report of the International Piracy Ransoms Task Force is Available
The International Piracy Ransoms Task Force, established at the London Conference on Somalia, issued its final Report on December 2012. The objective of the Task Force, composed of representatives of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chinese Drones and Mekong Piracy
There have been some interesting revelations in the case of Naw Kham, the so-called Mekong Pirate who presided over a transnational criminal network in the Golden Triangle of the Mekong river basin....
View ArticleClik here to view.
The DC Circuit’s Ali Decision
On June 11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia decided the case of United States of America v. Ali Mohamed Ali, a case about which I have written extensively. This post will provide...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Piracy Best Practices Adapt to West Africa’s Setting
The surge of piracy in West Africa prompted some of the main stakeholders in the maritime industry to develop interim guidelines for the protection against piracy in the region. The guidelines,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Follow the Khat: Tracking Piracy’s Financial Flows
It is high season for reports and studies relating to piracy. The latest World Bank report, Pirate Trails, which follows the recent IMB annual report on the number of piracy incidents as well as the...
View Article
