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Oceans of Crime : Maritime Piracy and Transnational Security in Southeast Asia and Bangladesh / Carolin Liss.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Singapore : ISEAS Publishing, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (448 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789814279468
  • 9789814279437
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.164095492 22
LOC classification:
  • HV6433.786.S64
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- MAPS, TABLES, AND PHOTOS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part I: Contemporary Piracy in Southeast Asia and Bangladesh -- 1. Pirate Attacks on Merchant Vessels in Southeast Asia and Bangladesh, 1980–2006 -- 2. Piracy and Fishers: Attacks on Small Craft in Southeast Asia and Bangladesh -- Part II: The Sea -- 3. The Fishing Industry -- 4. Merchant Shipping -- Part III: The Dark Side -- 5. Organized Crime -- 6. Terrorist and Guerrilla Movements -- Part IV: Counter-Forces -- 7. State Responses to Piracy -- 8. Privatizing the Fight against Piracy -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX 1 -- APPENDIX 2 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Summary: Southeast Asia and Bangladesh are at present global hot spots of pirate attacks on merchant vessels and fishing boats. This book explains why, and in what form, piracy still exists. It offers an integrated analysis of the root causes of piracy, linking declining fish stocks, organized crime networks, radical politically motivated groups, the use of flags of convenience, the lack of state control over national territory, and the activities of private security companies, and identifies their wider security implications.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- MAPS, TABLES, AND PHOTOS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part I: Contemporary Piracy in Southeast Asia and Bangladesh -- 1. Pirate Attacks on Merchant Vessels in Southeast Asia and Bangladesh, 1980–2006 -- 2. Piracy and Fishers: Attacks on Small Craft in Southeast Asia and Bangladesh -- Part II: The Sea -- 3. The Fishing Industry -- 4. Merchant Shipping -- Part III: The Dark Side -- 5. Organized Crime -- 6. Terrorist and Guerrilla Movements -- Part IV: Counter-Forces -- 7. State Responses to Piracy -- 8. Privatizing the Fight against Piracy -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX 1 -- APPENDIX 2 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Southeast Asia and Bangladesh are at present global hot spots of pirate attacks on merchant vessels and fishing boats. This book explains why, and in what form, piracy still exists. It offers an integrated analysis of the root causes of piracy, linking declining fish stocks, organized crime networks, radical politically motivated groups, the use of flags of convenience, the lack of state control over national territory, and the activities of private security companies, and identifies their wider security implications.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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