Maritime Terrorism and Piracy: The Threat to Maritime Security

Abstract

This article analyzes the current dynamics and tendencies of piracy and maritime terrorism. The authors highlight certain categories of piracy and maritime terrorism attacks depending on the methods and purposes of their execution. They consider the statistics of committed pirate attacks and outline the main regions where acts of piracy and maritime terrorism take place. They also carried out an analysis of the major provisions of the conventions and other acts regulating the issues involved in combating piracy and maritime terrorism. Attention is drawn to the fact that piracy and maritime terrorism have certain similarities. The authors highlight distinctive features of piracy and maritime terrorism; they also emphasize the need to consider these two crimes separately in order to counteract such negative criminal phenomena more effectively.