Pirate Trails : Tracking the Illicit Financial Flows from Pirate Activities off the Horn of Africa

It is estimated that US$339 million to US$413 million was claimed in ransoms between April 2005 and December 2012 for pirate acts off the Horn of Africa. Twenty-first century piracy in this region has developed as a violent criminal act, which not only affects the victims but also has an impact on t...

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Main Authors:	World Bank, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Interpol
Format:	Publication
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	Abuse abuses access to information accountability administrative capacity aid effectiveness anti-corruption anti-money laundering armed forces Assets availability of data bank account bank officials banking system banks basic services borrowing boundaries boundary Business Activities Business Model business models businesses businessmen capability capacity building CC Chamber of Commerce civil war collapse commercial banking commodity Common Market Conflict Convention corruption counterparts Criminal criminal enterprise criminal groups criminals custom customs deposit Development Bank Distribution Network drug drug trafficking Drugs e-mail economic activities economic resources electronic transaction embassies enforcement agencies exchange of goods expenditures families farmers federal government fighting financial capacity financial crime Financial Crimes FINANCIAL FLOWS financial institutions financial intelligence financial intelligence unit financial intelligence units Financial Market financial operations financial support financial transactions flow of funds flow of goods Fraud frauds gangs global economy government officials hostage hostages human capacity humanitarian assistance identification number identity module ill-gotten money IMF information sharing Initiative Insurance premiums Integrity international actors International Bank international community international investigations international security international shipping international trade investigation investment opportunities job opportunities joint ventures Justice law enforcement Law of the Sea laws lawyers leadership legal issues license licenses Maritime Piracy market price marketing material member states mercenaries minister missing value Money Laundering money transfer money transfers monitoring mechanism monopoly movement of goods Nations negotiations negotiator Networks new technology nongovernmental organization nongovernmental organizations offense offenses organized crime outreach payment card payment methods Peace phone numbers photo Piracy Police Private Sector Private Sector Development private sectors Prosecution Prosecutions prostitutes queries Real Estate receipt reconciliation Reconstruction Refugees Regional Cooperation regulatory framework reliability remittance remittances result results Soldiers source of information Telephone Terrorism torture translation transparency trial UNDP Union United Nations Security Council unregulated financial institutions uses victims violence war war economies weapon Wire Transfers World Development world trade
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16196

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Pirate Trails : Tracking the Illicit Financial Flows from Pirate Activities off the Horn of Africa

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