PIRACY TODAY — FIGHTING VILLAINY ON THE HIGH SEAS
| Author(s) | John C. Payne |
| Publisher | Sheridan House |
| Date | 2010 |
| Pages | 288 |
| Format | |
| Size | 53 Mb |
| D O W N L O A D | |
First of all, let us start with the fact that the modern piracy has absolutely nothing to do with the pirates of the past times, who you might have seen on the TV screen or met in the pages of the romantic novels. The maritime piracy has been a very serious issue in many areas of the world, but particularly and traditionally in Africa, South America and Asia. It is still there and it is still a great problem in need of solving.
Nowadays it is business worth billions and taking advantage of the flaws in the law and sometimes poor enforcement of the international law, as well as the ships being undermanned. The pirates of today are perfectly armed and present real danger to the people onboard vessels, and to the cargo they transport.
The subject problem keeps growing even though the patrols are organized by the powerful national involving modern navy vessels. The author of the book sheds some light on the problem if general, and supplements the information with the detailed analysis of the recent cases of international maritime piracy.
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