Law Enforcement

  • Pirates vs. Paper

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    Former assistant to US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Mark V. Vlasic, on why international maritime law is key to defending the shipping sector against acts of piracy Fighting Pirates […]

  • Fighting Drugs

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    Two San Diego-based Coast Guard cutters regularly work off the western coast of South America to play a part in the long-running war against drugs. TAKING FIGHT ON DRUGS TO […]

  • U.S. threatens sanctions

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    (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday threatened sanctions on anyone blocking reforms intended to end Somalia’s “hopeless, bloody conflict” and counter militant and pirate groups seen […]

  • Le raffiche, gli orari, la rotta

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    La terza raffica di avvertimento «è stata sparata in acqua, a prua del peschereccio che non è stato colpito, tanto che ha invertito la rotta e si è allontanato» Corriere […]

  • UAE to Target ‘Pirate Kingpins’

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    The UAE has said the international response to maritime piracy should be increasingly led and owned by states in the region directly affected UAE: Target ‘pirate kingpins’ who underwrite pirate […]

  • Olympic Security Operation

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    The Royal Marines have been exercising with the Metropolitan Police Marine Policing Unit (MPU) on the Thames as part of Olympic safety and security planning for the London Olympics. Royal […]

  • Indian Dhow Released

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    After three days of persistent pressure, FGS LUEBECK has forced Somali pirates to release an Indian dhow with 15 Indian mariners held as hostages. On the 17 January 2012 the […]

  • On Trial

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    France has opened its first Somali piracy trial with six men appearing before a Paris court. The six are accused of taking a French couple hostage on their boat off […]

  • Prison Break

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    Two Somali pirates, including one of Somalia’s most famous and ineffectual seafaring criminals, have escaped from Berbera Jail after bribing their prison guards, officials and residents in the Somaliland port […]

  • Prosecution Problems

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    Industry experts have voiced concerns that only a small fraction of the pirates operating in seas around the world are successfully prosecuted. Following arrest it seems that only around 1.4 percent […]

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