This is a great little primer, as to the state of the Private Naval Company/Private Security Company industry. Recent kidnapping and hostage events off the coast of Somalia, have brought this issue out in the open again, and it begs this question. Where is the PNC/PSC industry heading, and who are the players? -Head Jundi
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ISN Security Watch
7 April 2008
Private security takes to the sea
With violent maritime piracy and the risk of waterborne terrorism on the
rise, states and non-state actors turn to private security, Patrick Cullen
writes for ISN Security Watch.
By Patrick Cullen in New York for ISN Security Watch (04/04/08)
Piracy, once generally perceived to have been eliminated as a security
threat, has re-emerged as a significant problem for state and non-state
actors alike. Though the number of pirate attacks had waned during the last
few years, new International Maritime Bureau statistics have shown that
piracy is again on the upswing worldwide. This upsurge in piracy – and the
market created for countering this threat – can be conceptualized along
three distinct lines.
Mapping the maritime private security market (more…)