Maritime security : ongoing U.S. counterpiracy efforts would benefit from agency assessments : report to Congressional requesters.

Format:

Book

Government document

Standardized Title:

Maritime security (2014 June)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Piracy--Horn of Africa--Prevention--Evaluation.

Piracy--Guinea, Gulf of--Prevention--Evaluation.

Piracy--United States--Prevention--Evaluation.

Africa--Horn of Africa.

Atlantic Ocean--Gulf of Guinea.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 53 pages) : illustrations, color maps

Other Title:

Ongoing U.S. counterpiracy efforts would benefit from agency assessments

Combating maritime piracy

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2014.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

Piracy and maritime crime continues to threaten ships off the Horn of Africa's east coast and in the Gulf of Guinea off Africa's west coast, putting seafarers in harm's way and costing governments and industry billions of dollars in ransom, insurance, and protective measures. The types and causes of piracy and maritime crime, as well as the African states' ability to address the problem in the two regions, differ. To help U.S. agencies coordinate efforts, the NSCS developed an interagency plan in 2008 to prevent, disrupt, and prosecute piracy off the Horn of Africa in collaboration with industry and international partners. GAO was asked to evaluate U.S. counterpiracy activities. This report: (1) assesses how piracy off the Horn of Africa has changed since our 2010 review, and describes U.S. efforts to assess its counterpiracy actions, given any changing conditions; and (2) identifies trends in piracy and maritime crime in the Gulf of Guinea and U.S. efforts to address them, and evaluates the extent to which the United States has assessed its counterpiracy efforts in the Gulf of Guinea. GAO reviewed plans, activities, and data from 2007 through 2013 and interviewed officials from U.S. agencies, international partners, and industry, selected as a nongeneralizable sample for their involvement in counterpiracy activities.

Contents:

Background

Various efforts have reduced piracy off the Horn of Africa since 2010, but the United States has not updated its action plan

U.S. efforts aim to address piracy and maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea, but an assessment would help inform efforts and determine the need for additional actions

Conclusions.

Notes:

"June 2014."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed June 24, 2014).

"GAO-14-422."

OCLC:

881682389