1. NPHS 1510 Federal and International
Case Study: Maritime Piracy

2. Piracy
Key Resources

3. Piracy Definition Plane Hijacker Privateering Private party At sea
Other Bodies/on Shore
Not crime among passengers
Plane Hijacker
pirate de l'air
Privateering

4. Piracy Boarding Extortion Hostage taking
Kidnapping of people for ransom
Murder
Robbery
Seizure of items or the ship
Shipwrecking/Sabotaging done intentionally to a ship
Theft of the Ship

5. Anti Piracy Agencies Commercial Crime Services (CCS)
International Chamber of Commerce
International Maritime Bureau (IMB)

6. Yearly Piracy

7. Piracy
2,463 Actual or Attempted Acts
Average 352/Year

8. Victims of Piracy

9. Shipping Routes

10. Locations of Piracy

11. Live Piracy Tracking

12. Live Piracy Report Attack Number: 2010/035 Date: Vessel Type:
Fri Mar
Vessel Type:
Chemical tanker
Location detail:
660nm South of Mogadishu
Attack Type:
Hijacked
Incident Details:
: 0535 UTC: Posn: 08:53S – 043:23E, 660 nm south off Mogadishu, Somalia.
Armed pirates attacked a chemical tanker underway. They took hostage 21 crewmembers and hijacked the ship to Somali coast.
Attack Position: ,

13. Trends Increasing Sophistication Further Distance Mother Ship
Better Weapons
Terrorist Connection