A Pestle Analysis of Maritime Piracy and Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea

Dr Capt Nana Raymond Lawrence Ofosu-Boateng,Zhang Jiping

doi:10.14738/assrj.71.7742

Dr Capt Nana Raymond Lawrence Ofosu-Boateng, Zhang Jiping

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https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.71.7742

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Abstract

The Gulf of Guinea is a region that that draws a lot of interest to many nations in Latin America, Europe and West Africa. It is because these countries depend on this region for conducting their business. Most of the countries export their products and import other goods through the Atlantic Ocean (Ali, 2017). The discovery of oil in Nigeria led to increased business transaction in this region and thus, the development of the economy. However, it also led to the rise of piracy, which affected the maritime security of the area. Many ships and other sea vessels have been affected by the acts of pirates who attack the ships and steal the content being transported. Sometimes they could also hijack these vessels and demand for ransom for them to be released. The ability to counterattack the pirates and robberies in this region is affected by factors which range from political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental. Matters such weak governments and poor implementation of the laws and conventions make the countries in the region to lack ability to tackle pirates in the sea and thus have to rely on the international security agencies like Interpol policing and other forces to help in providing security in the sea (Hasan, & Hassan, 2016). Increase in population, lack of unemployment, and poverty are also some of the things which makes many youths in the region to participate in these criminal activities because they lack something constructive, which can generate income.

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A Pestle Analysis of Maritime Piracy and Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea The Gulf of Guinea has been experiencing an increase in the rate of insecurity issues which coupled with the robberies in the local water territories and piracy in the deep sea
Many factors have contributed to the increase in the insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea. One if this is the fact that the international community has placed more focus on the Gulf of Africa and the Somali coast which is the area that has been in highlight most of the time for hijacking cargo ships and demanding a high amount of ransom from the companies which own those ships
These are some of the considerations that have made the international community turned their attention to the fight against Somali piracy and neglected other regions such as the Gulf of Guinea

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A Pestle Analysis of Maritime Piracy and Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea The Gulf of Guinea has been experiencing an increase in the rate of insecurity issues which coupled with the robberies in the local water territories and piracy in the deep sea. POLITICAL Many political issues in the West Africa region are contributing to the piracy or maritime insecurity in the coastal waters and the deep sea, beyond the jurisdiction of any nation.

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