Navy's Anti-Piracy Operations

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During the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries, piracy was rampant in the Atlantic, specifically in the West Indies. Piracy has existed since the earliest days of ocean travel, for a range of personal and economic reasons. However, one of the major reasons why piracy was wide spread and rampant in the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries was Great Britain’s endorsement and usage of piracy as an asset; in wars fought in the New World. Great Britain with its expanding power and conflicts with other nations would make piracy a lifestyle and lay down the foundation for the Golden Age of Piracy and eventually bring what it created to a screeching halt.

For years and years the leaders of Tripoli which is located in the Middle East had been taking over merchant ships from either the Americans or the or the Europeans. The Tripoli pirates would take over ships and sell

Authors present similar information in different ways. In the golden age of piracy, despite being disputed when it actually happened. Despite sometimes being worlds apart, the similarities in all these people and their dastardly deeds is incredible. Their paths frequently intersected either through direct contact or other things. Both Rediker and Greene talk about similar situations and people, but they discussed it quite differently. From showcasing the hardships to glorifying their short and fast paced lives, their arguments are as different as night and day, but give us a solid insight into the average life of a pirate in the golden age of piracy.

Sir Francis Drake, at the age of 18, had the privilege to be a purser on one of William Haskins’ ship on voyages into the Bay of Biscay, off the northern coast of Spain (Campbell 5). The voyages to the trading post in the Bay of Biscay is where Sir Francis Drake was involved in many pirating actions that took place there against incoming and out coming merchants (Kelsey 11). The irony about this was that William Hawkins and his other seamen that Sir

Blackbeard was a brave and most outspoken sea rovers who operated during early 1700s in the coastal regions of the English Southern parts of the New world. His piracy activities, together with his co-pirates are key sectors in United States of America’s history. Happening in the time eminently known as the golden age of piracy, their brave advances in sea robbery facilitated the gradual demise of sea hijacking and theft on the deep seas.1

Rediker begins by claiming, pirates were among the most violent during the Golden Age of piracy. At sea, pirates wreaked havoc by capturing

Lastly, pirates obviously attacked these waters in the hope of more money and a better life. Evident from Source 6, it is said that “Increased commercial traffic through the strait and the local populations’ poor economic conditions drove many people to piracy”. What this means is that before they became pirates, their lack of wealth meant very bad lives. The prospect of gaining wealth to lead a much better life than what they were experiencing in their present state would, of course, be more desirable to them. This probably was what led them to want to be a

Throughout history pirates have terrorized the world’s seas. There are few men that have been feared as much as pirates were. Names such as pirate, buccaneer, and privateer were given to these men and women that terrorized the seas. Black Sam Bellamy, Bartholomew Roberts, Jean Lafitte, Stede Bonnet, and Ann Bonny are some of the most feared names know to man. These were the names of pirates that dominated the seas during the 1600’s and 1700’s, a time known as the “Golden Age of Piracy.” However, one of the greatest pirates of all time was the great Edward Teach, alias Blackbeard. He terrorized the seas for most of his gruesome life during this era. The “Golden Age of Piracy” marked a time when sea travel was unsafe for everyone, with

After nearly two decades of anti-pirate policies in the colonies, colonial officials no longer deemed it necessary to aggressively convict anyone suspected of piracy out of fear of losing their charter, as they had prior to 1705. Furthermore, the defining legal question leading to extreme ambiguity in the prosecution of pirates during the seventeenth-century was at what point did acting outside of one’s commission constitute an act of piracy? The conclusion of Great Britain’s hostilities with France and Spain in 1713 rendered this question irrelevant as the new wave of pirates targeted primarily British, not neutral or allied ships, clearly defining their aggression as piracy. The change in targets also reduced the prosecution’s need to rely on accomplice testimony, a source of controversy in civil law proceedings, since attacks occurring off nearby shores provided easier access to victim testimony. Finally, the increase in colonial newspapers and the dissemination of their publication of piracy trials reports did assist in reducing procedural inconsistencies, but not in the way previously suggested. Instead, it was the increased familiarity with civil law and piracy trial procedures within the reports, combined with

Rediker agues that piracy lured certain economical crimes that brought the english civilization to a disadvantage through the violation of respected authority. Over social relations and apprehensions, he describes the act of piracy as a distress to the community since the piratical act appointed their crimes as “terrorizing” which seemingly opposed to a utopian nature. This essay will discuss both point of views according to these specific authors while assessing the commentary of governmental and custom issues during the act of piracy in the Early Modern Period.

With the majority of Earth’s surface covered by water, the most efficient and cost effective way to transport goods is across that water in ships, due to buoyancy. Ships allow for massive amounts of goods to be transported at once, but these slow, cargo laden ships pose an attractive target to thieves. Piracy causes costly disturbances and dangers that lead to billions of dollars in losses because of captured ships, loss of goods, and the ransoming of the crew. Because of the impact of piracy on the profits and safety of maritime transport companies, several measures have been taken to prevent the capturing of vessels or discourage the pirates wanting to attack the vessel. Efforts to create new technology to prevent pirate boarding and security have developed several methods to deal with attacks. The goal of making the vessels more difficult to attack and too dangerous to steal from, has been the focal point of the research and development. The UN has endeavored to solve the effects that piracy caused on international trade, but at the cost not addressing the problems that the piracy originated from. The current merchant marine efforts to deter and defend against piracy have been effective in dropping the levels of raids in recent years.

3. What international law enforcement co-operation mechanisms exist to assist in the investigation and prosecution of piracy committed in waters off the Horn of piracy? How these mechanisms assist in the investigation and prosecution of piracy?

4.???Maritime security and unconventional security?Implementing bilateral and multilateral law enforcement exchanges and marine rescue agency cooperation, and establishing a collaborative marine security and crime-enforcement

Maritime security is an extremely broad area of concern. It covers everything terrorism, the physical security of ports and ships right through to the security of energy resources into the future.