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Anti-Piracy Review Week 38 20 September 2011 Comprehensive Information on Complex Crises CIVIL - MILITARY FUSION CEN TRE Anti-Piracy Review Week 38 20 September 2011 Comprehensive Information on Complex Crises INSIDE THIS ISSUE This document provides a weekly overview of developments in Anti-Piracy from 30 August—19 Economics September 2011. Further information on the topics covered is available at www.cimicweb.org. Hy- International Response perlinks to source material are highlighted in blue and underlined in the text. We encourage you to contact the Anti-Piracy Team Leader or our Subject-Matter Experts for more detailed information. Justice Security ————————— Economics Erin Foster ► [email protected] Humanitarian Affairs—Somalia iracy attacks on oil, shipping and fish- Central African States (ECCAS) to ensure the Regional Issues—Somalia ing vessels are growing in West Afri- safety of vessels in the region. A regional ap- ca’s Gulf of Guinea, threatening region- proach to countering piracy is set to be dis- P ABOUT THE CFC al economic stability and international trade, cussed at an anticipated Gulf of Guinea heads says Lisa Otto of Consultancy Africa Intelli- of state summit; the date is yet unknown. Ni- The Civil-Military Fusion Centre gence (CAI). The report notes that attacks geria and Benin have already launched joint (CFC) is an information and have previously occurred near Nigeria’s Delta coastal patrolling exercises. The UN plans to knowledge management region, with the Nigerian Maritime Security conduct an assessment mission in the region to organisation focused on improving Task Force recording 293 incidents against determine the extent of its counter-piracy sup- civil-military interaction, facilitating fishing vessels between 2003 and 2008. Ac- port. information sharing and enhancing cording to CAI, pirates have stolen the equiva- situational awareness through the CimicWeb portal and our weekly lent of USD 300 to 400 billion in oil revenues In other news, the Southern African Develop- and monthly publications. in the past five years, while pirate attacks have ment Community (SADC) will host a counter- resulted in a 20% decrease in oil production, piracy summit in October, according to the CFC products are based upon and further reducing revenues by USD 202 mil- South African government news agency Bu- link to open-source information lion. According to Otto, as pirate activity aNews. Piracy is not only a coastal security from a wide variety of organisations, spreads to other waters in the Gulf of Guinea problem says BuaNews, but also impacts the research centres and media sources. and more countries are added to the War Risk economies of coastal and inland countries that However, the CFC does not endorse List (Llyod’s Market Association Joint War rely on maritime trade. South African Defence and cannot necessarily guarantee Committee), the regional economic loss of and Military Veterans Minister, Lindiwe Si- the accuracy or objectivity of these USD 2 billion could be even greater if inves- sulu told BuaNews, “SADC should strengthen sources. CFC publications are tors’ confidence in West African oil is lost due and harmonise regional and domestic legal independently produced by to concerns over profitability. Countries on the frameworks for arrest, awaiting trial detention, Knowledge Managers and do not Gulf of Guinea produce an estimated 4% of prosecution and imprisonment or repatriation reflect NATO policies or positions global oil supplies and two-thirds of the of pirates” (see Justice section). Similarly, of any other organisation. world’s cocoa, and the entire region is consid- Ben Coetzee of the Institute for Security Stud- ered an emerging market for iron ore explora- ies recently wrote about the dangerous impacts The CFC is part of NATO Allied tion, reports Reuters. of piracy on trade in Southern Africa. Accord- Command Operations.. ing to Coetzee, as piracy spreads beyond the Although piracy in the Gulf of Guinea has not coast of Somalia there is the potential to stunt reached the scale or use the same tactics as in growth in Southern Africa as import and ex- Somalia, its potential damage to regional trade port business suffers losses. and economies, along with potential security implications, has led to scrutiny by the United Finally, Somalia Report suggests that Somali CONTACT THE CFC Nations Security Council. A UN News Service fishermen and the fishing industry are being For further information, contact: article noted the Council’s emphasis on the targeted by pirates, with new reports of miss- The Anti-Piracy Team need for regional coordination to combat pira- ing fishermen in the Red Sea and Indian [email protected] cy, as well as international support of the Eco- Ocean. Pirates allegedly target fishermen to nomic Community of West African States overtake their boats and weapons, endangering Anti-Piracy Team Leader (ECOWAS) and the Economic Community of lives and jeopardizing local fishing industries. Erin Foster [email protected] International Response Britta Rinehard ► [email protected] n 12 September, the United Nations reported that Palau joined the International Maritime Organization O (IMO) becoming its 170th Member State. In more IMO-related news, the Inter-sessional Maritime Security and Piracy Working Group of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) met at IMO Headquarters in London from 13-15 Sep- tember. The aim of the meeting was to elaborate further on the discussion of the use of privately contracted armed securi- ty personnel (PCASP). In particular the use of armed guards on board ships traveling through Somalia’s pirate-affected waters. The outcome was the approval of several MSC circu- lars, such as the MSC.1/Circ.1408 Interim Recommendations for port and coastal States, MSC.1/Circ.1406/Rev.1 Revised Interim Recommendations for flag States and MSC.1/ Circ.1405/Rev.1 Revised Interim Guidance to shipowners, ship operators and shipmasters. However, according to the IMO, these circulars only serve as “guidance and recommen- SG Stein Olav Hagalid, Branch Head, NATO Shipping Centre dations and are not intended to endorse or institutionalize the who discussed “key issues and best practice around security, use of armed guards.” The use of PCASP should not replace safety and crime prevention”. Presentations of the speakers the implementation of Best Management Practices (BMP) or will be posted to the conference website. “other protective measures”. In other news, the Anti-piracy Maritime Security and Interna- A Maritime Security and Counter Piracy Conference took tional Maritime Information Sharing Conference took place in place in London on 13 September. The conference was orga- Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles from 06-09 September. The Re- nized by the IMO, the NATO Shipping Centre (NSC) and the public of Seychelles and the South Asia and Africa Regional Transported Asset Protection Association. The speakers in- Port Stability Cooperative (SAARPSCO) co-organized the cluded, amongst others, Mr. Giles Noakes, Chief Maritime conference with a focus on finding “robust programs to com- Security Officer, BIMCO; Captain Pottengal Mukundan, Di- bat piracy, fortify port security, safeguard the oceanic environ- rector, International Maritime Bureau (IMB); Ms. Ursula ment, and ease conditions for international commerce on our Neder, Criminal Intelligence Officer, INTERPOL; and Cdr. waterways” (see Justice section). Justice Amber Ramsey ► [email protected] he Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Finland has find them.” He further stated, “[u]pholding fundamental rights offered EUR 190,000 (approx. USD 260,000) in sup- including fair trial guarantees is key to moving forward.” The T port of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime statement also suggested that Somalia President Sheikh Sharif (UNODC) Piracy Prisoner Transfer Programme (PPTP); part Ahmed should prohibit the use of military courts in civilian of UNODC’s larger Counter-Piracy Programme. The PPTP trials and further strengthen Somalia’s civilian courts. Amnes- was created by UNODC in June 2010 in response to calls from ty International and Human Rights Watch both called on the prosecuting states for a long-term imprisonment solution for TFG to prioritise efforts to improve the human rights situation pirates convicted in their courts. The additional funding will be in Somalia and restore rule of law at the 04-06 September Na- used to support the construction of a 500-bed prison in Ga- tional Consultative Conference in Mogadishu (see Regional rowe, the capital of Puntland, to hold pirates convicted at home Issues section). and in other regional states. The project is set to begin in Sep- tember 2011 and is expected to be completed by early 2013. At a small opening ceremony, the Seychelles inaugurated a new secure prison block at Montagne Posée, the county’s main On 02 September, Amnesty International and Human Rights prison facility, with the capacity to hold 60 prisoners, reports Watch released a joint statement condemning Somalia’s Tran- Seychelles Nation. The prison block was jointly funded by the sitional Federal Government (TFG) for unfair trials and execu- Government of Seychelles and UNODC. According to the tions. The organisations called on the TFG to immediately halt article, Montagne Posée currently houses 53 convicted and 11 all executions and ensure that the country’s military court re- suspected Somali pirates that will soon be transferred to the spects basic international fair trial standards. As stated by Hu- new facility. According to the Seychelles Minister of Home man Rights Watch
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