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Piracy on the high seas 2009. A modern plague of pirates is a master guide to modern piracy and anti piracy measures. Acts of piracy can range from simple armed attacks by opportunists, to organised crime on an international scale. A master his crew and the ship owner need to be aware of the dangers of piracy and armed robbers at sea

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Pages on Piracy 1-4 “Modern Piracy is violent bloody and ruthless and is made all the more fearsome because its victims know they are alone and defenseless” IBM Official

Pages on Piracy 22-23 Last year 2008 has seen pirates hijacking ships, threatening crews and passengers with death if their demands were not met. Pirates in South East Asia have attacked and boarded or hijacked 41 merchant vessels 20 such incidents in Nigeria 19 in the gulf of Aden 14 in Tanzania

Pages on Piracy 41-42 Trends in regional growth are and have always directly related to economic and political crises plus the absents of a functional legal and security system. As long as there is instability the trends for acts of piracy attacks by armed robbers and possibly terrorism will continue to plague the high seas.

Pages on Piracy 47-48 Shipping companies have spent billions complying with the ISPS code It is cold comfort for the shipping community who having spent billions of dollars in compliance are faced with an increasing risk of attacks on their ships by pirates and armed robbers

Pages on Piracy 57-58 The ISPS Code is focused more on addressing problems that should be a matter for the Department of Homeland Security of a few nations rather than ship or ship owner.  There is little practical advice at hand that a master can refer  to protect himself and his crew from pirate attack.

Contents: Pirates, Piracy, armed robbery at sea,history of maritime piracy, the law of the high seas, international action on maritime piracy, maritime piracy in Somalia, maritime piracy in the South China Seas, different types of pirates, pirate tactics, maritime piracy and organised crime, prevention of piracy, maritime piracy armed robbery the risk assessment, practical measures against maritime piracy and pirate attack, international response to maritime piracy,action by ship master in response to armed attack, terrorism at sea,preemption and response to maritime pirate attack, ISPS and maritime  piracy, SSAS and maritime piracy, LRAD and piracy, electrified fences as a barrier against pirate attack on the high seas, armed security against maritime pirates, private military contractors versus high seas piracy, social and economic impacts of maritime piracy, the psychology of maritime piracy and pirate attacks on the high seas., anti piracy measures,

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