Erdem ASIL ( Cumhuriyet Savcısı )
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ÖNSÖZ . 5
PREFACE. 9
TABLE OF CONTENTS 13
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. 15
INTRODUCTION 19
SUBJECT MATTER, AIM AND QUESTIONS 19
SCOPE AND STRUCTURE 21
APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY24
MARITIME SECURITY 24
OVERVIEW .24
LEGAL SCOPE .27
FREEDOM OF THE SEAS UNDER MARITIME SECURITY CONCERNS.31
Overview 31
Legal Scope 35
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CRIMINAL THREATS JEOPARDISING MARITIME SECURITY 38
OVERVIEW .38
LEGAL SCOPE .42
TYPES .45
Threats to Mobility at Sea45
Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships .46
Maritime Terrorism.59
Threats to the Border and Customs Security.70
Drug Trafficking.70
Illicit Trafficking in Arms and Weapons of Mass
Destruction .78
Smuggling and Trafficking of Persons by Sea87
Threats to the Maritime Environment and Natural Resources.98
Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported Fishing99
Intentional and Unlawful Damage to the Maritime
Environment .110
CONCLUSION 121
ACADEMIC SOURCES. 125
