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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...
Mar 30, 20221 min read
Stable Seas: Western Indian Ocean
Stable Seas: Western Indian Ocean provides a holistic overview of maritime security covering nine issue areas with a focus on those...
Mar 14, 20221 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...
Apr 19, 20211 min read
Violent Non-State Actors in the Maritime Space: Implications for the Philippines
Post by Jay Benson Violent non-state actors (VNSAs) such as terrorist and insurgent groups are increasingly turning to the seas to...
Jan 7, 20217 min read
The Maritime Dimensions of Mozambique's New Insurgency
Islamic State-affiliate Ansar al-Sunna (ASWJ) is fueling insecurity in northern Mozambique with regional implications. Throughout 2020,...
Dec 18, 20201 min read
The Blue Economy in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
This policy brief examines how improvements to the Blue Economy of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) can be...
Nov 24, 20201 min read
A Hop, Skip, and a Jump: Ansar Al-Sunna's Island-Hopping
Post by Kelly Moss Since April 2020, Ansar al-Sunna (ASWJ) has increasingly targeted islands off the coast of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique’s...
Oct 13, 20204 min read
The Concierge of Violence and Terror: Shipping Companies and Weapons Smuggling to Libya
Post by Lydelle Joubert Wherever we find conflict and war, we find illicit weapons. Illicit firearms are a threat to peace and security,...
Sep 23, 20207 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...
Aug 11, 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...
May 1, 20201 min read
Abu Sayyaf: The Chameleon in the World of Terror
Post by Lydelle Joubert FUNDING TERROR THROUGH MARITIME KIDNAPPING On 5 December 2018, three fishermen working for a company in Sandakan,...
Apr 30, 20207 min read
Oil Storage At Sea and the Risk of Maritime Terrorism
Post by Curtis Bell The World Has Never Stored More Oil and Gas at Sea. Does This Increase the Risk of Maritime Terrorism? With the...
Apr 24, 20204 min read
Arms Trafficking Through Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Post by Sarah Gutberlet Trade in illicit arms in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, has been reported since the mid-1990s and continues today as...
Jan 15, 20203 min read
Jihadism and the Twin Islands: Why Securing Maritime Space in Trinidad & Tobago Requires Attention
Post by Meghan Curran Trinidad and Tobago, with their white-sand beaches and aquamarine waters, might not be the first place that comes...
Nov 7, 201910 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,...
May 23, 20193 min read
Stable Seas: Sulu and Celebes Seas
The Southeast Asian Archipelago includes the world’s busiest shipping lanes, its most biodiverse marine environment, and many of the...
Feb 19, 20192 min read
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