Titel: | What is the effectiveness of anti-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa? |
Auteurs: | Stephen ed Hooper |
Documenttype: | Thesis |
Uitgever : | Brussels [Belgique] : Royal Military Academy, 2011 |
Artikel op pagina: | 1 vol. (VI, 53p.) |
Talen: | Frans |
Descriptors : |
6.05 Systèmes juridiques > Droit international > Piraterij > Lutte contre la piraterie |
Tags: | Working paper ; CSEM/HStO 125 |
Abstract : |
As part of the international struggle against Somali piracy, a large number of countries have dispatched warships or other military resources to the region of the Horn of Africa. Many contribute to multi-national missions including NATO’s Op OCEAN SHIELD, the international Combined Maritime Task Force 151, or to the European Union’s Op ATALANTA. In addition to these three, independent missions to counter the effects of Somali piracy are conducted by China, Russia, Japan, Iran, India and others. At any given time, assets from between 25 and 30 countries can be found in the region, either contributing to combined operations against the pirates, or else working to directly escort or respond to distress calls from their merchant shipping. Yet despite the significant resources that have been dispatched to try to suppress the Somali pirates, data available from the Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) suggests that the problem is far from under control. In January 2011 alone, Somali pirates attacked 35 ships, capturing seven as prizes. As of late January 2011, Somali pirates held 33 vessels and a remarkable 758 crew members for ransom. The IMB further reports that incidences of Somali piracy, recently confined to the Gulf of Aden and to the immediate vicinity of the Somali Coast, now occur across the Western Indian Ocean thousands of kilometers from the pirate bases, as seen in figures 1 & 2. During this same period, average ransom payments have steadily increased, while ships and hostages are held by the pirates for increasingly longer periods of time. |
Online : | http://units.mil.intra/sites/UBDef-BUDef/These/114674R.pdf |
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114674R | RMA Mast CSEM/HStO 125 DIV/21 | Thesis | Royal Military Academy | BIBL ERM Cave | Uitgesloten van ontlening |