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Crime at Sea and Human Insecurity in Southeast Asia (2). Toward a New Paradigm of Maritime Security Cooperation. Jun Honna JICA Research Institute. Backgrounds. Cross-Border Threats, Regional Cooperation, and the Building of ‘Common Goods’ for ASEAN’s Political-Security Community
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Crime at Sea and Human Insecurity in Southeast Asia (2) Toward a New Paradigm of Maritime Security Cooperation Jun Honna JICA Research Institute
Backgrounds Cross-Border Threats, Regional Cooperation, and the Building of ‘Common Goods’ for ASEAN’s Political-Security Community Japan as a Stakeholder Enduring Human Insecurity in Southeast Asian Waters
Crime at Sea: Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing ・ UII fishing in the Asia-Pacific Region costs around US$5.8b annually. ・ Scientists estimate that 56 percent of the coral reefs in Southeast Asia are at risk from destructive fishing (Reefs at Risk, 2002)
Crime at Sea: Human Trafficking ・ It is conservatively estimated that at least 200-225,000 women and children from Southeast Asia are trafficked annually, a figure representingnearly one-third of the global trafficking trade. (IOM, Combating Trafficking in Southeast Asia)
Crime at Sea: Illegal Logging ・Stolen timber worth almost two and a half billiondollars is traded between the countries of East andSoutheast Asia each year. (EIA/Telapak)
Crime at Sea: Drug Trafficking Clandestine Laboratories Seized in SEA ・ UNODC estimates that about half of global productionof amphetamines takes place in East and SoutheastAsia, a third in North America and about 15% inEurope.
Crime at Sea: Armed Robbery against Ships Locations of Actual and Attempted Attacks ICC-IMB Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships Report – Annual Report 2008
Questioning Regional Responses to Maritime Crime Gap between High-level Political Commitment (ASEAN Plan of Action to Combat Transnational Crime) and Policy-level Cooperation Piracy-Oriented International Concerns Navy-Oriented Views of Maritime Security
Toward a New Paradigm From Naval Balance of Power to Regional Cooperation among Law Enforcement Agencies at Sea Capacity Building of Civilian Law Enforcers (Coast Guards, Water Polices) Joint Programs—Training, Educations Bringing ‘Human’ Back in—Problems on Land