Wall Street Journal Italy, India Clash Over Ocean Shooting Wall Street Journal NEW DELHI The detention of two Italian naval officers over the fatal shooting last week of two Indians at sea has caused a diplomatic rift that deepened Wednesday, exposing the risks countries run by increasing the use of arms on commercial vessels to ... Italy and India Clash Over M V Enrica Lexie Shooting India, Italy wrangle over Indian fishermen killing

Fisherfolk database, monitoring technologies key to piracy fight- officials Demerara Waves However, the Head of the Maritime Administration, Claudette Rogers says there are 180 registered fishing vessels. Of that number, 64 are licensed and 285 have not had theirs renewed. One official remarked that she is unaware of the interception of ...

Italy is wrong on sea law The Hindu To combat piracy , a modern threat to shipping, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted a resolution in 1986 on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, then known as the Rome Convention. This was the ... IMO refuses to intervene in row over killing of fishermen

Sunatimes Anti- Piracy Group SOS SaveOurSeafarers Welcomes UK Gov't. Support Insurance Journal SOS SaveOurSeafarers has issued the following statement following a conference in London on Somali piracy , organized by the UK's Foreign & Commonwealth Office, held at the London headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Giles ... Maritime Experts Call for Better Coordinated

UNPO Somaliland: New Legislation To Fight Maritime Piracy UNPO Just before the London Conference, Somaliland has passed new laws declaring maritime piracy as a crime and is so demonstrating commitment and intent to fight such criminal acts. Somaliland's parliament has passed legislation recognizing piracy as a ... The Somali Piracy Model: Coming to a Sea Near You Somaliland recognizes piracy as a crime, convictions to bring max jail term of ... Britain to help build anti- piracy -

USA partners with stakeholders on maritime security Awoko Dr. Kabia said that during the dialogue some of the issues that they looked into are maritime security, piracy , drug trafficking, poaching and human trafficking at sea and the effects these have on not only the victims but the country as a whole. As ...

Report says Somalia's rich marine resources are being plundered Newstime Africa With the country's 3300-km coastline virtually unprotected, industrial fishing vessels from Europe and Asia have entered the area in large numbers and are plundering Somalia's rich maritime resources. Having over-fished their home waters, these ...

Broadsides sink South China Sea peace Asia Times Online Meanwhile, the piracy threat has diminished in East Asia through greater political stability and economic opportunities in traditionally vulnerable maritime states such as Indonesia and a process of improved regional coordination, notably under the ...

BBC News Pirate threat 'means more armed guards on UK ships' BBC News Since the Somali piracy threat emerged in 2008, 799 ships have been attacked and 168 hijacked, says the International Maritime Bureau. More than 3000 crew members have been held for ransom. But no vessel with an armed security team aboard has ever been ...

Maritime piracy under the spotlight Bizcommunity.com This year's theme - Regional Maritime Security Initiatives aimed at reducing Modern Maritime Security Threats - is particularly relevant as acts of piracy are becoming commonplace around the Horn of Africa and the continent's east coast. These attacks ...