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On The Legal Issues (Including Human Rights) Regarding The Prosecution Of Sea Pirates; A Case Of History Repeating Itself?, Barry Dubner, Sara Fredrickson
On The Legal Issues (Including Human Rights) Regarding The Prosecution Of Sea Pirates; A Case Of History Repeating Itself?, Barry Dubner, Sara Fredrickson
Barry Dubner
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre recorded 439 incidents of piracy and armed robbery in 2011 (“armed robbery” is an unfortunate definition of “sea piracy” ) compared to 445 in 2010. Worldwide, in 2011, 45 vessels were hijacked, 176 vessels were boarded, 113 vessels were fired upon, and 155 vessels reported attempted attacks. There were a total of 802 crew members taken hostage, ten were kidnapped and eight were killed as a direct result of the incidents. Those are world-wide statistics. Somali pirates accounted for more than half of all attacks in 2011. While the overall number of …