1. Crime at Sea and Human Insecurity in Southeast Asia (2)
Toward a New Paradigm of Maritime Security Cooperation
Jun Honna
JICA Research Institute

2. Backgrounds
Cross-Border Threats, Regional Cooperation, and the Building of ‘Common Goods’ for ASEAN’s Political-Security Community
Japan as a Stakeholder
Enduring Human Insecurity in Southeast Asian Waters

3. Crime at Sea: Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing
・ UII fishing in the Asia-Pacific Region costs around US$5.8b annually.
・ Scientists estimate that 56 percent of the coral reefs in Southeast Asia are at risk from destructive fishing (Reefs at Risk, 2002)

4. Crime at Sea: Human Trafficking
・ It is conservatively estimated that at least ,000 women
and children from Southeast Asia are trafficked annually, a figure representing nearly one-third of the global trafficking trade.
(IOM, Combating Trafficking in Southeast Asia)

5. Crime at Sea: Illegal Logging
・ Stolen timber worth almost two and a half billion dollars is traded between the countries of East and Southeast Asia each year. (EIA/Telapak)

6. Crime at Sea: Drug Trafficking
Clandestine Laboratories Seized in SEA
・ UNODC estimates that about half of global production of amphetamines takes place in East and Southeast Asia, a third in North America and about 15% in Europe.

7. Crime at Sea: Armed Robbery against Ships
Locations of Actual and Attempted Attacks
Locations
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Indonesia
121 94 79 50 43 28
Malacca Straits 38 12 11 7 2
Malaysia 5 9 3 10
Philippines 4 6
Singapore Straits 8
Thailand/Gulf of Thai. 1
South China Sea
Vietnam 15
Total at Year End
445
329
276
239
263
293
ICC-IMB Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships Report – Annual Report 2008

8. Questioning Regional Responses to Maritime Crime
Gap between High-level Political Commitment (ASEAN Plan of Action to Combat Transnational Crime) and Policy-level Cooperation
Piracy-Oriented International Concerns
Navy-Oriented Views of Maritime Security

9. Toward a New Paradigm
From Naval Balance of Power to Regional Cooperation among Law Enforcement Agencies at Sea
Capacity Building of Civilian Law Enforcers (Coast Guards, Water Polices)
Joint Programs—Training, Educations
Bringing ‘Human’ Back in—Problems on Land