The Business of Piracy in Somalia

Percy, Sarah; Shortland, Anja

doi:10.1080/01402390.2012.750242

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“…This option has been ruled out because of the human and economic cost it would entail, as demonstrated 18 years ago with the US lead operation “Restore Hope.” Yet another solution would be to revive an active gunboat policy on the Somali ports such as Eyl and Garacad, which are known to be used by pirates. Although this may seem less expensive and more feasible, with modern war faring techniques, it would be to ignore a key fact in the current Somali political situation: pirates are one of the few organized forces capable of opposing the Islamist militia that rules a vast part of the country (Percy and Shortland, 2009). Weakening the pirates and the two proto‐states (Puntland and Somaliland) largely living off the spoils of piracy could lead to a power vacuum in the regions where the Islamist militias are less active.…”

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How Costly is Modern Maritime Piracy to the International Community?

Bensassi

Martínez‐Zarzoso

2012

Rev International Economics

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This paper focuses on the impact of maritime piracy on international trade. Piracy increases the cost of international maritime transport through an increase in insecurity regarding goods deliveries. Bilateral trade flows between the main European and Asian countries over the 1999 to 2008 period are used to estimate an augmented gravity model that includes various measures of piracy acts. We found robust evidence indicating that maritime piracy reduces the volume of trade; the effect of ten additional vessels hijacked being associated to an 11% decrease in exports. Consequently, the current cost of piracy in terms of international trade destruction is estimated at 24.5 billion dollars.

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How Costly is Modern Maritime Piracy to the International Community?

Bensassi

Martínez‐Zarzoso

2012

Rev International Economics

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“…While we do not dispute that regions with intermediate levels of government control within states may be more prone to piracy than the most unstable areas within states, such subnational variation is likely not captured at the national level. For example, Somalia is considered a failed state by any measure of state capacity at the national level, yet much piracy originates in regions with intermediate political stability (Percy and Shortland 2011). We plan to explore more disaggregated analyses of state capacity and piracy in the future.…”

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Insurgents of the Sea: Institutional and Economic Opportunities for Maritime Piracy

Daxecker

Prins

2012

Journal of Conflict Resolution

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While piracy may evoke romanticized visions of swashbuckling, rum swigging, and skirt chasing pirates hoisting the Jolly Roger, maritime piracy has changed substantially by taking advantage of modernization and substantial upgrading of the weapons, vessels, and weapons it employs. In addition, as documented by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), the frequency of pirate attacks has increased significantly, with more than 2,600 piracy incidents occurring since 2004. The authors argue that piracy is a result of permissive institutional environments and the lack of legal forms of employment in states' fishing sectors. The authors investigate these arguments empirically using data for all countries with coastlines in the 1995-2007 period. The empirical analyses show that state weakness and reductions in fisheries production values affect piracy as expected. These findings suggest that international efforts in combating piracy should center on improving the institutional environments and labor opportunities driving maritime piracy.

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“…Fighting the piracy attack is an old problem that has been discussed in different areas. For example, Onuoha () and Percy and Shortland () study the activities of Somali piracy. Fu et al () address the impact of piracy on the global economy.…”

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Evasion policies for a vessel being chased by pirate skiffs

Wang

2017

Naval Research Logistics

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Piracy attack is a serious safety problem for maritime transport worldwide. Whilst various strategic actions can be taken, such as rerouting vessels and strengthening navy patrols, this still cannot completely eliminate the possibility of a piracy attack. It is therefore important for a commercial vessel to be equipped with operational solutions in case of piracy attacks. In particular, the choice of a direction for rapidly fleeing is a critical decision for the vessel. In this article, we formulate such a problem as a nonlinear optimal control problem. We consider various policies, such as maintaining a straight direction or making turns, develop algorithms to optimize the policies, and derive conditions under which these policies are effective and safe. Our work can be used as a real‐time decision making tool that enables a vessel master to evaluate different scenarios and quickly make decisions.

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The Business of Piracy in Somalia

Cited by 83 publications

References 18 publications

How Costly is Modern Maritime Piracy to the International Community?

How Costly is Modern Maritime Piracy to the International Community?

Insurgents of the Sea: Institutional and Economic Opportunities for Maritime Piracy

Evasion policies for a vessel being chased by pirate skiffs

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