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Somali Piracy Exposes Weakness in UN Law of the Sea

Somali Piracy Exposes Weakness in UN Law of the Sea VA News.com By Alisha RyuNairobi 09 April 2009 The explosion of piracy off the coast of Somalia in recent years has exposed a weakness in the United Nations maritime law that makes high seas piracy illegal throughout the world…….

………European countries sent to Somalia thousands of drums of toxic waste, including nuclear waste, to be dumped at sea.…..

………..“Lots of people who are pirates now are not from coastal villages. They are not fishermen. They are from inside, former militiamen and they are motivated entirely by money. The fact that illegal fishing and dumping of toxic waste still goes on in Somalia is excellent PR [public relations] for the pirates. It means that when they capture a ship and they talk to a news organization and say, ‘We are just defending Somali waters,’ and so on, that plays very well in the communities they need to get support from along the coast,” he said.

VOA News – Somali Piracy Exposes Weakness in UN Law of the Sea

April 9, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, wastes