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Piracy is as old as the practice of traveling over the seas.... This is because there is the mention of ships and boats in Biblical texts like Genesis 49 where Jacob blesses one of his sons to control a port.... This led to some level of naval co-operation that sought to control the activities of pirates and similar criminals (Alberton, 2006) Privateering The Americas were discovered by Europeans in 1492.... This study examines the history of piracy....
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Research Paper
Due to lack of government in place to control such illegal activities in the Somali waters, the Somali fishermen began to organize themselves to confront waste dumpers and to collect some revenues from foreign fishers.... The issue of piracy through the international law has been a challenging one perhaps due to unclear interpretation of piracy by the international law (Murphy 52, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 147).... The issue of piracy by the Somali pirates has been a contentious issue especially to the East African communities and also the international community (Walter 75)....
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Research Paper
Of this, the maritime piracies off the high seas, near the Somalia coast, has turned into a major international problem, owing to increased instances of hijacking of large merchant ships by the Somali pirates, in a bid to earn ransom money.... The paper "The Solution to piracy off the Coast of Somalia Lies on Land" affirms that piracy is a mere reflection of the wider problems that are seen in inland Somalia, and the only long term solution would be to create a stable government and establish the rule of law....
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Essay
Introduction The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) has been effective only to a limited extent in controlling piracy on the high seas.... Under different Sections of the General Provisions related to high seas, the issue of piracy has been approached to effectively control piracy but the desired success could not be met so far.... Legal issues have been an obstacle in the taking of additional measures to preventing, controlling and punishing acts of piracy as high seas do not come under the jurisdiction of any individual country's rights over the high-seas....
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Literature review
piracy attacks in African region, including those on American ships, have fetched the international consideration to the extended problem of piracy in the area.... Today piracy has developed as an international security problem, in recent times in the waters of the Horn of Africa, but the waters of China sea, India, and then Caribbean.... Current studies prove that piracy become visible to an attractive d adventurous quest for so many young men, making prospective legal intricacies for provincial and international governments searching to try pirate group's doubts for supposed crimes....
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Essay
The disturbing conditions have led to failed economic conditions and in recent times, that has been an increase in instances of maritime piracy off the high seas near the coast of Somalia.... The paper "Foreign Relationships that the UK Can Have with Somalia to Lessen high Sea Piracy" highlights that the British government should to try to invest in small businesses owned by the local people.... This paper discusses the foreign relationships that the UK can possibly have with Somalia to lessen this problem of high sea piracy....
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Case Study
This force came into existence in the sixties under the presidentship of Mr.... John F Kennedy who found the need of stealth, highly equipped and super efficient force who can clear ground for larger operations.... ... ... ... was when one of the Soviet Union ally North Vietnam was fighting a war with South Vietnam, a US ally, then the president of US wanted to send a small team to help South Vietnam....
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Research Paper
One definition, which relies on international law, confines piracy to attacks on the high seas and restricts attacks on state territorial waters.... The other definition of piracy is more practical and is used by the international maritime bureau that encompasses both high seas and state territorial attacks.... This essay focuses on emerging piracy threat off the West African Coast and Somali piracy.... However, the success and management of this mode of transport along major ports and coastlines faces one major challenge, piracy ....
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Essay