03/10/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Corruption Will Make Suppressing Pirates Very Difficult in West Africa
The elephant in the room in West Africa, so to speak, and the suppression of piracy is corruption.
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17/09/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Report a Piracy Attack in Togo. Get Arrested
The Togolese have now taken a bold and foresighted step in in the fight against West African piracy. By splendid acts of legal perversion it has criminalized the reporting of pirates.
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27/08/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Fending Off Pirates: Depending on West African States to Help Won't Count For Much
The western African states have said clearly they do not have the naval, coast guard or customs resources to deal with the piracy evident in the Gulf of Guinea. Further, they do not say, but it is clear, they do not have the money to do it.
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25/07/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
The Fantasy World of Piracy
I like movies. The fresh air of a just-vacated theatre is a wafting perfume. The aroma of stale popcorn and walking on sticky floors also excite me.
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16/06/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
A. C. Cartner: ''Armed Guards in Fight Against Piracy--The Rule of Mammon or the Rule of Law?''
Critical questions governing the use of armed guards in the fight against maritime piracy.
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03/05/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Counter-Piracy Drama: The Peanut Gallery and the Big Kids
In the 1950's American television aired a favorite of children of all ages called Howdy Doody. The star was a trap-door-mouthed, pompadour-sporting red-haired marionette who was sponsored by one Buffalo Bob—and supported by Clarabelle the Clown, who later graduated to be Captain Kangaroo of equal or greater childhood fame.
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22/03/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
LUC, UNCLOS 1982 and the Italo-Indian Flap
Amidst all the head-wagging and hand-gesticulating marking the anti-pirate controversy between the Indian and Italian governments and the laws, we should step back and look at both the shorter and longer implications of the matter.
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04/02/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Typhon is not a private navy
Navy sounds sexy. Private navy sounds ultra-sexy. Typhon says it has one. Typhon does not.
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