maritime piracy
Theft at sea
Maritime piracy is robbery, hijacking, or other violent crime committed at sea.
The term distinguishes ocean-going piracy from software piracy or other figurative uses.
Modern maritime piracy persists in regions like the Gulf of Aden and the Strait of Malacca, where ships are vulnerable to armed boarding parties seeking cargo, ransom, or valuables.
- corsairsSeafaring plunderers
- buccaneersCaribbean sea raiders
- BlackbeardFamous Caribbean buccaneer
- privateersLicensed wartime ship raiders
- Strait of MalaccaNarrow sea between peninsulas
naval patrols · Barbary pirates · Gulf of Guinea · hostage-taking · Horn of Africa · ransom demands · letters of marque · merchant vessels · Captain Kidd · walk the plank · South China Sea · sea lanes · Caribbean Sea · international waters · arms smuggling · Jolly Roger · skull and crossbones · crossbones
- global crimehuman trafficking, drug trafficking, arms trafficking, terrorism, money laundering
- maritime lawadmiralty, law of the sea, salvage rights, towage, demurrage
- East AfricaKenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi
- hijackingskyjacking, plane hijacking, carjacking, bus hijacking, ship hijacking
- Interpolred notice, wanted list, member countries, secretary general, police cooperation
- war crimescrimes against humanity, Nuremberg, war crimes tribunals, prisoner abuse, war criminals
maritime piracyhighway robbery
Outrageously excessive charge
banditry · brigandage · armed robbery · train robbery · carjacking
maritime piracymaritime law
Legal rules for seas
naval escort · safe passage · merchant shipping · freedom of navigation · maritime trade