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Anti high-seas piracy coalition launches public campaign Published 25 April 2011 "2,000 Somali pirates are hijacking the world's economy" -- this is the motto of a new coalition of maritime transportation organization which has launched a public campaign to encourage governments to take more active measures to tackle high-seas piracy; the Save Our Seafarers campaign has a Web site and will take out ads in leading world newspapers http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/standard/ somalis-1.jpg Commandos from the French frigate Le Floreal make arrest // Source: boston.com All sides of the shipping industry have joined in launching a hard-hitting campaign to harness "people power" to tackle high-seas piracy. A release from the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) says <http://www.itfglobal.org/news-online/index.cfm/newsdetail/5743> that the "SOS <http://www.saveourseafarers.com/> - save our seafarers" campaign was launched on 1 March by the ITF, the Baltic and International Maritime Council, the International Chamber of Shipping, the International Shipping Federation, Intercargo, and Intertanko. The campaign, which is backed by a comprehensive Web site <http://www.saveourseafarers.com/> and advertisements in the world's top newspapers, aims to encourage millions of people to put pressure on their governments to crack down on piracy. The move follows last year's worldwide petition calling on governments to tackle piracy, which attracted almost a million signatures. The ITF release notes that the campaign highlights the fact that governments around the world do not realize the severity of the piracy crisis that is hitting seafarers and shipping. Somali pirates are currently holding nearly 800 seafarers hostage and are becoming increasingly brutal in their treatment of captives. The anti-piracy coalition says that because governments hold the key to resolving the crisis, the campaign is making six specific requests on them to take action to eradicate piracy. They include: * Provide greater protection and support for seafarers * Authorize naval forces to detain pirates and deliver them for prosecution and punishment * Criminalize all acts of piracy and intent to commit piracy under national laws in accordance with international conventions * Trace and criminalize the organizers and financiers behind the criminal networks [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: osint-dig...@yahoogroups.com osint-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
