Piracy can be controlled but will be ever-present

Most of what is called piracy is mere opportunistic theft from ships and can be dealt with as a police matter

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In this article

  • Geographical shift
  • Taxonomy of maritime crime
  • Illustrative examples
  • Danger to crews
  • Calm sea and prosperous voyage?

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