Smith, Simone M2018-07-202018-07-202018-07Smith, S.M. 2018. The truth about piracy. Southern African Transport Conference (SATC 2018), 9-12 July 2018, CSIR ICC Pretoria, South Africahttp://www.satc.org.za/assets/final-announcement-brochure-and-programme-2018-7.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/10315Paper delivered at the Southern African Transport Conference (SATC 2018), 9-12 July 2018, CSIR ICC Pretoria, South AfricaThis paper investigates the link between the rationales between piracy attacks, the information gathered from such incidents and if the same information may be used to address the rationale behind piracy to combat and prevent it. A common understanding of piracy is sought, especially where it relates to the “where” piracy takes places and how it being limited to the High Seas, being outside a State’s jurisdiction limits its combating and prevention. The seven rationales behind piracy is then indicated, followed by insight into how piracy information currently is composed off and then brought together by indicating which information is required based on which rationale behind piracy as its incentive. The approach was to identify how information may be used to indicate the reasons for piracy and so combat and prevent piracy from happening. The main reason is that piracy is undertaken exclusively for financial gain as robbery is the common motive today although ships are still stolen. This paper seeks to understand why the financial gain is sought via piracy attacks. Lastly, the paper highlights how much of this approach is presenting a new perspective in the combat and prevention of piracy.enPiracy attacksShip designPiracy dataPiracy preventionConference PresentationSmith, S. M. (2018). The truth about piracy. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10315Smith, Simone M. "The truth about piracy." (2018): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10315Smith SM, The truth about piracy; 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10315 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Smith, Simone M AB - This paper investigates the link between the rationales between piracy attacks, the information gathered from such incidents and if the same information may be used to address the rationale behind piracy to combat and prevent it. A common understanding of piracy is sought, especially where it relates to the “where” piracy takes places and how it being limited to the High Seas, being outside a State’s jurisdiction limits its combating and prevention. The seven rationales behind piracy is then indicated, followed by insight into how piracy information currently is composed off and then brought together by indicating which information is required based on which rationale behind piracy as its incentive. The approach was to identify how information may be used to indicate the reasons for piracy and so combat and prevent piracy from happening. The main reason is that piracy is undertaken exclusively for financial gain as robbery is the common motive today although ships are still stolen. This paper seeks to understand why the financial gain is sought via piracy attacks. Lastly, the paper highlights how much of this approach is presenting a new perspective in the combat and prevention of piracy. DA - 2018-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Piracy attacks KW - Ship design KW - Piracy data KW - Piracy prevention LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2018 T1 - The truth about piracy TI - The truth about piracy UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10315 ER -