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On the Effectiveness of Private Security Guards on Board Merchant Ships off the Coast of Somalia – Where is the Piracy? What are the Legal Ramifications?
On the Effectiveness of Private Security Guards on Board Merchant Ships off the Coast of Somalia – Where is the Piracy? What are the Legal Ramifications? Summer, 2014 North Carolina Journal… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Anti-pirate security staff all at sea after major firm suddenly goes bust
Exclusive: Anti-pirate security staff all at sea after major firm suddenly goes bust Around 100 armed security staff hired to protect ships and tankers from pirates have been left scattered at… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Mercenaries in Somalia: A Neomedieval Tale
Mercenaries in Somalia: A Neomedieval Tale.” The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order (2014): 131. You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register
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Maritime Security: Ongoing U.S. Counterpiracy Efforts Would Benefit From Agency Assessments
Maritime Security: Ongoing U.S. Counterpiracy Efforts Would Benefit From Agency Assessments GAO-14-422: Published: Jun 19, 2014. Publicly Released: Jun 23, 2014. … Of the various implemented practices, officials from the six… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Hijacking of Thai oil tanker sparks call for cargo ships to carry weapons
Hijacking of Thai oil tanker sparks call for cargo ships to carry weapons BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific 9 June 2014 04:06, Text of report by Thai newspaper Bangkok Post website on… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Putting security guards in their place
Putting security guards in their place 29 Mar 2014 All of the GAC’s Sea Crime Defence System technologies can be used in combination. Security guards have been hailed as one of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
PROMISING PRIVATEERS? Understanding the Constraints of Contemporary Private Security at Sea
PROMISING PRIVATEERS? Understanding the Constraints of Contemporary Private Security at Sea Spearin, Christopher. Naval War College Review67.2 (Spring 2014): 97-116. Abstract (summary) For the secretary-general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Blackwaters New Battlefield: Toward a Regulatory Regime in the United States for Privately Armed Contractors Operating at Sea
Blackwaters New Battlefield: Toward a Regulatory Regime in the United States for Privately Armed Contractors Operating at Sea. Source: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law . Jan2014, Vol. 47 Issue 1, p331-369.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Cost of Somali piracy slumps as attacks fall – report
Cost of Somali piracy slumps as attacks fall – report By Peter Apps LONDON Thu May 8, 2014 12:50am IST (Reuters) – The cost of Somali piracy to the global economy… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Privatizing the struggle against Somali piracy
Small Wars & Insurgencies Volume 24, Issue 1, 2013 Privatizing the struggle against Somali piracy Scott Fitzsimmonsa* pages 84-102 Abstract Pirate attacks against commercial vessels in the Western Indian Ocean and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading