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Piracy Off The Coast Of Somalia: In Search Of The Solution, Alexandr Rahmonov
Piracy Off The Coast Of Somalia: In Search Of The Solution, Alexandr Rahmonov
Cornell Law School Inter-University Graduate Student Conference Papers
Piracy it is not a phenomenon of the past. Modern piracy has become a profitable business, especially off the coast of Somalia, where thousands of pirates are currently involved in criminal activity targeting all kinds of vessels from fishing boats to oil supertankers. Only in 2009, Somali pirates committed about 217 attempted and actual attacks. As a response, the UN Security Council has passed several resolutions authorising military raids against pirates "on land and by air" and requested the Secretary-General to submit a report offering effective counter-piracy measures. Drafted in July 2010, the "Report on possible options to further the …