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Mar 30, 20221 min read
Maritime Radiological and Nuclear Trafficking by Small, Traditional, and Unregulated Vessels
This report, produced with the assistance of the UNODC Global Maritime Crime Programme, examines the potential maritime radiological and...
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Dec 7, 20211 min read
Pirates of the Gulf of Guinea: A Cost Analysis for Coastal States
Pirate groups concentrated in the Niger Delta earn perhaps $5 million of direct income per year through theft and hostage-taking. The...
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Jun 21, 20211 min read
State of Maritime Piracy: 2020
In 2020, the outbreak of COVID-19 had a profound impact on the shipping industry. Thousands of seafarers, unable to disembark for crew...
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Apr 19, 20211 min read
What We Know about Maritime Illicit Trades
What We Know About Maritime Illicit Trades is the second in a series of reports produced in the Transnational Organized Crime at Sea: New...
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Nov 5, 20201 min read
Policy Beyond Counter-Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
In recent years, much of the policy attention around maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea has prioritized approaches to combat piracy...
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Oct 15, 20202 min read
Near-Term Mitigation of Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
The threat of piracy and armed robbery against vessels in the waters off West and Central Africa has loomed for decades. In 2013, the...
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Aug 24, 20202 min read
Gauging Maritime Security in West and Central Africa
The Yaoundé Architecture is a critical piece of the maritime security picture in West and Central Africa, resulting from the...
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Aug 11, 20201 min read
Violence at Sea: How Terrorists, Insurgents, and Other Extremists Exploit the Maritime Domain
Terrorist groups around the globe have seen the challenges of securing the maritime domain as an opportunity to advance their political...
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Jul 10, 20201 min read
State of Maritime Piracy: 2019
Over the last ten years the focus of the annual State of Maritime Piracy report has expanded from piracy off the coast of Somalia to...
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May 1, 20201 min read
What We Know about Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea
What We Know about Piracy kicks off a new three-part series of reports published with the SafeSeas Network as part of the Transnational...
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Apr 16, 20201 min read
Stable Seas: Gulf of Guinea
Stable Seas: Gulf of Guinea explores the connections between maritime governance themes and security challenges, drawing on interviews...
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Jun 17, 20191 min read
State of Maritime Piracy: 2018
The ninth annual edition of the State of Maritime Piracy report finds that the Gulf of Guinea was the area most affected by piracy and...
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May 23, 20193 min read
New Report: Terrorist Activities in the Maritime Domain
The failure to acknowledge or recognize the importance of the maritime domain to both society and the economy, or sea blindness,...
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Oct 11, 20181 min read
Africa's Blue Economy
OVERVIEW This fact sheet explores the current state of the Blue Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the significant challenges to...
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Jun 1, 20181 min read
Addressing Maritime Threats: Maritime Enforcement and the Rule of Law
OVERVIEW This issue paper explores the critical relationship between maritime enforcement capability and the rule of law in improving and...
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