Should The United States Prevent Piracy?

Both domestic and international measures are somewhat effective in dealing with international crime. Both crimes against the international community and Transnational crimes represent both positive outcomes in dealing with international crime, thus, exemplify issues in key areas. Through intergovernmental organizations such as the International Criminal Court and Operation Sovereign Borders (OSB), international crime Is effectively dealt with. Hence, problems such as extradition and people smuggling are hard to contain. These four issues will also be discussed in light of key effectiveness criteria, including equality, access, resources and the protection of rights.

Terrorist organizations and organised criminal groups have posed a threat to international security since their time of existence but over the past 3 decades, a convergence of these groups has lead to similarities between these organizations arising in the 1980s and this is how the term narco terrorism was conceptualized. Narco terrorism is evolving into an even greater threat that is affecting all the regions of the world. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland believes that efficient measures have to be elaborated so as to tackle this international problem. Due to it’s trans-national nature, it is a threat that cannot be faced by one country on it’s own. The UN shouldn’t waste time on self-oriented issues that countries

Most people do not know this but piracy on international waters and on the coast of Somalia has become an increasingly important issue to global businesses. Since most people are unaware of this growing problem it has just now been noticed. To help stop piracy most crews are encouraged to have trained officers aboard while shipping cargo to avoid attacks by pirates. 95 percent of the piracy on international waters is by somali pirates. That’s right 95 percent. Piracy is robbery/stealing at sea. Not a lot of people are aware that piracy occurs almost everyday.

Villains of All Nations, by Marcus Rediker, is a collection of ideas and information about pirates in the Golden Age of Atlantic piracy, between the years 1650 and 1730. This book is a collection of the unprecedented social and cultural history of pirates, mainly at sea, but also before they became pirates, and how piracy affected maritime culture. It delves into the ideas and realities of pirate life and helps further an understanding of piracy during this time. Rediker claims, “The pirates of the 1710s and 1720s were among the greatest ever in the long history of robbery by sea” (Rediker 8). The text explores the Golden Age of piracy and the generation that shaped the modern, romanticized view of pirates.

According the the United Nations, their odious acts were caused by illegal fishing in boats that were taking advantage of the war. Another reason could be the dumping of toxic waste in Somali waters, therefore destroying their fishing economy. This resulted in a loss of income in the Somali communities. Now, they must rely on attacking large ships, and stealing money or goods aboard. One of these attacks was portrayed in the movie Captain Phillips - a true story regarding the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama ship by Somali pirates. Even though many ships are threatened, very few ships are successfully hijacked by these

The origins of modern piracy can be traced back to the 17th century when European states began to commercially compete for trade routes via the high seas to exploit new markets for trade and resources. At the time oceans, lacked any regulation, law, and order. Countries such as England, France, and Spain hired pirate groups to attack enemy ships and steal materials that were found on board. This time period is often referred to as the Golden Age of Piracy, however, piracy continues to occur even today. In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the number of attacks on vessels by pirates, particularly in the Gulf of Aden, Somali Basin and the Indian Ocean.

It was previously mentioned, by Adams, how America should not wage war against the Barbary states, unless, America had plans of fighting them forever. While Adam’s words were not heeded, they rang true. From the ten years after the first Barbary War, to hundreds of years after the Barbary Wars, there is still piracy. Modern Day Piracy is commanded by Somali fisherman who attack cargo ships that travel along Somalia and the Gulf of Aden. The Somalian Fisherman first struck in the year of 1990, while their numbers have declined after 2012, there are still Somali Pirates. Some of the countries that have been attacked by the modern day pirates include Hong Kong, India, Liberia, Kenya, Taiwan, Denmark, North Korea, The United States, and numerous

The United Nations and many of its committees and non-governmental organizations are actively involved in putting a stop to piracy and making the affected areas safe for trade ships and privately owned vessels to sail. The UN has several anti-piracy organizations that monitor and fight pirating. These NGOs (non-governmental organizations) include the IMO (International Maritime Organization), the IMB (International Maritime Bureau), and the BMC (Bureau of Maritime Crimes). The United Nations also uses the PRC (Piracy Reporting Centre) to collect incident reports and other data on pirate attacks. Within the UN there are also committees in charge of combatting piracy, some of which include: the Maritime Safety Committee and The Maritime Security

To answer these questions, it is important to get to know, what the challenges that SIDS face are. Because of extensive and open coastlines, SIDS are facing various forms of transnational organized crimes such as: drugs and guns smuggling, money laundering, piracy, human trafficking. SIDS is also very sensitive to climate change, climate variability, sea level rise and natural disasters. In addition, these Islands are also facing problems like: their small size, remoteness from large markets, illicit exploitation of natural resources and more. Each of these issues is very significant and need to be helped with.

Thus, aiming to deter and disrupt piracy through defensive measures, where pirates are released or handed over for prosecution, pirate vessels are confiscated or destroyed, and weapons, boarding equipment, global positioning systems and phones are confiscated.

This impeded the delivery of shipments and increased shipping expenses. The creation of Somali pirates began due to toxins of the shorelines of Somalia which greatly affected their salary then the fishermen started forming armed groups to stop the foreign ships. They eventually turned to hijacking commercial vessels for ransom as an alternate source of income. The U.S. Navy is a great protection against piracy, yet they can't be everywhere at once. Shipping agencies took it upon themselves to further advance their defenses either with armed guards or crewman manning high pressured water hoses to sink small Somali dinghies.

Imagine a group of police officers driving down the road, talking on radios, equipping gear, and getting ready to approach a house. Guns ready, they then walk up to the house and bang on the door, after a couple of seconds the door opens, and inside can be seen a man and his daughter. They seem shocked and afraid, and the police proceed to confiscate the little girl’s “Winnie the Pooh” laptop. All this happened because the little girl unknowingly downloaded a song off the internet. Before this happened though, the man was sent an offer to settle for the theft for a fine of 773$ and a signed non-disclosure agreement to keep him from talking[1]. This kind of overreaction towards internet crimes should not be acceptable, therefore laws regarding piracy should be reformed to make lawsuits less devastating towards those who pirated the digital goods. But many don’t know what the laws about piracy actually say, Quoted from wiseGEEK they are as follows:

Pirates were not the repulsive scum that is often seen in modern pop culture, neither were they the romanticized outlaws that wandered the seas. Most pirates set out of their illegal harbors with a goal in mind and strive to achieve their goals, while abiding to rules set and regulated by their brethren. The war on pirates was bloody and violent and the victims of piracy numbered in the thousands with casualties almost just as high, however, most pirates in the 1700s were not looting and killing for sport, rather, they were acting out of the direction of their sovereign. To prove their ethical innocence, one must look into the differences between the types of pirates, the reasoning behind pirate raid, and consequences of such raids. First

Piracy in Somalia has come about due to years of internal fighting and weakened government. With the overthrow of the president in 1991, Somalia has been a complete anarchy with only the laws of rival clans who have been in power. Though long before that the country has been in constant war between the people of the country because money and food have been always been scarce. Small amounts of money have been made through some exports but the real money came from the fishing off the coast. Recently because of the lack of laws commercial fisherman from all over the world have been over-fishing the waters and leaving the Somalis with too few fish to survive. European companies have used this lack of laws as a way to easily dump their

The international society pays more attention to the age old crime of piracy in recent years since the surge of pirates based in Somalia. In facing of increasing number of kidnaps and mint ransoms asked by piracy, people accord great importance to the insurance clauses which cover losses by piracy. In this regards, it is really necessary to research on the insurance clauses of piracy. In this report, the author will firstly describe the general background of piracy and then discuss the legal implication of the seizure by pirates of cargo insured under a policy providing coverage for loss by piracy.