Enhanced cooperation and implementation of best practices needed to avoid, deter and report attacks threatening ships and crew.  IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has expressed his

Hundreds of thousands of seafarers from across the globe have been left stranded working aboard ships beyond the expiry of their initial contracts and are

The concept of ‘blue crime’ to cover various illegal activities at sea sounds catchy. It is tempting to use it for academic and semi-academic publications,

In many forums, the threats and risks related to maritime cybersecurity have been discussed in recent years. Overall, the shipping industry has to prepare for

On 10 and 11 November, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) and several other organisations hosted the world's first 24-hour conference on global

The world's first 24-hour conference on global organized crime will take place on 10 and 11 November. More than 200 organized crime experts from 45

During a recent webinar for Risk Intelligence, I provided a brief situational update on the current maritime security situation in the Gulf of Guinea. Many alarming

An alleged surge in kidnappings in the Gulf of Guinea has made headlines in recent days. In the press release announcing the most recent figures

What is the relationship between pandemics and maritime security? This question was very rarely – if ever – raised in 2019. Since early 2020, however, the situation

During a recent webinar, I provided a brief summary of case studies from the Gulf of Guinea. These were attacks that have been broadly reported