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Transnational Seaborne Organized Crime Prepared by: Dr. Alec Coutroubis &

Transnational Seaborne Organized Crime Prepared by: Dr. Alec Coutroubis & George Kiourktsoglou, PhD Candidate. In Lieu of an Introduction : “Why do we care about Piracy ?”. It’ s a Crime, “Hostis Humani Generis” ;.

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Transnational Seaborne Organized Crime Prepared by: Dr. Alec Coutroubis &

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  1. Transnational Seaborne Organized Crime Prepared by: Dr. Alec Coutroubis & George Kiourktsoglou, PhD Candidate

  2. In Lieu of an Introduction : “Why do we care about Piracy ?” • It’ s a Crime, “Hostis Humani Generis” ; • It’ s an Expensive Crime (annual costs of $5 - $7bil., projected to reach $ 9bil. by 2016) ; And the Most Important... • It ravages (and sometimes claims) human lives (of both… Seafarers… & Pirates…) ;

  3. Piracy and Armed Robbery, 2006-13 Source: “Global Report on Maritime Piracy - a geospatial analysis 1995-2013”, [http://goo.gl/XxKmJN], UNITAR

  4. The African Piracy Models

  5. The ‘Theaters of Action’ East Africa (Somalia) West Africa (Nigeria) 1. Unstable Government 1. Stable Government 2. Pockets of Govern. 2. Pockets of Lawlessness 3. Poverty 3. Destitution 4. Quasi Mil. Trained Personnel 5. Very Low Geog. Conc. 5. Med.-High Geog. Con. 6. Massive Corruption

  6. Operations East Africa (Somalia) West Africa 1. Opportunistic Attacks 1. Well Planned Attacks 2. All kinds of Ships 2. Mostly Crude Oil Tankers 3. Use of Weapons 4. Use of Mother-Ships 4. No Use of Mother-Ships 5. Hostages (months) 5. Hostages (days) 6. Ransom ($.000.000) 6. Cargo Theft

  7. Counter-Piracy East Africa West Africa 1. Internat. Naval Ops. 1. National Naval Ops. 2. Nat. / Reg. Land Ops 2. National Land Ops. 3. Prosecution 3. Prosec. / Catch & Rel. 4. P.C.A.S.Ps 4. National Militaries 5. Djibouti Code 5. Yaounde Summit

  8. Global Heroin Flows from Asia Source: “World Drug Report 2010”, [http://goo.gl/ogyRGs], UNODC

  9. Global Cocaine Flows Source: “World Drug Report 2010”, [http://goo.gl/ogyRGs], UNODC

  10. Global Human Trafficking Source: “Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2012”, [http://goo.gl/Rm1y0P], UNODC

  11. Global Illicit Trafficking of Firearms Source: “Report on Firearms 2010”, [http://goo.gl/QzfcjV], UNODC

  12. Ivory & Rhino Horn Trade Please Meet Satao Source: http://goo.gl/HLnHHu (Huffington Post), http://goo.gl/bBtGQt (National Geograpich), http://goo.gl/P1AhT8 (Daily News)

  13. Ivory Trade in East Africa Source: “Transnational Organized Crime in East Africa 2013”, [http://goo.gl/mH5ITc], UNODC

  14. Why the ‘False Flag’…?

  15. Value of Cross Border Flows Source: “Global flows in a digital age“, [http://goo.gl/mR8lT5], McKinsey Quarterly

  16. Annual Proceeds of T.O.C. Source: “Illicit Financial Flows 2011”, [http://goo.gl/ZvhWh], UNODC

  17. Annual Proceeds of T.O.C. Source: “Illicit Financial Flows 2011”, [http://goo.gl/ZvhWh], UNODC

  18. “I ask my Friends if they can imagine what would have happened if 47 commercial aircraft had been hijacked last year ? If 867 passengers, flight crew and cabin crew were taken hostages ? They all agree. There would be international outrage. It would be the lead story of every major news outlet... And of course... there would be a concerted international response to deal with the situation !...” An Unknown Seafarer Thank you for your attention, Any questions please?

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