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Specialized UN agency concerned with legal and regulatory aspects of maritime activity
The principal UN instruments that frame interdiction and the use of force against suspected smuggling vessels are the 2000 United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) and i...
There are no statements in the supplied reporting from any port authority or maritime registry affirming that logs for a vessel named have been missing or deliberately altered; the sources provided ar...
Western sanctions on Russian, Iranian and Venezuelan oil aim to choke revenue streams, but an agile "shadow fleet" of opaque, ageing tankers has emerged to keep crude moving by concealing ownership, i...
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is the principal UN treaty that creates explicit legal bases for boarding, inspecting and interdicting stateless vessels on the high seas, ...
Flag states normally hold primary jurisdiction over a vessel on the high seas and bear duties under UNCLOS and IMO instruments to police registry, safety and pollution compliance (see duties under Art...
Prosecuting maritime attackers is routinely thwarted by attribution gaps, fragmented jurisdiction, and uneven national capacity — technical attribution and evidentiary blind spots make cyber- and kine...