Bribery and Corruption

Piracy has decreased in 2021 but the threat remains

Piracy has decreased in 2021 but the threat remains

According to the annual piracy report published recently by the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB), piracy and armed robbery at sea last year has reached an all-time low since 1994. But the threat remains.

The report shows that in 2021, the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre recorded a total of 132 incidents against ships. Out of these, 115 vessels were boarded, 11 were attempted attacks, 5 vessels were fired upon and 1 vessel was hijacked.

“The...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/02/01/piracy-has-decreased-in-2021-but-the-threat-remains/

IMCA supports UN International Anti-Corruption Day 2021

IMCA supports UN International Anti-Corruption Day 2021

Allen Leatt, IMCA’s Chief Executive

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) celebrates the United Nations (UN) International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December 2021. The campaign entitled “your right, your role, say no to corruption” emphasises the important role we all have to play in preventing and tackling corruption. The campaign also places the onus on Governments to implement measures to protect those that speak up from...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/12/09/imca-supports-un-international-anti-corruption-day-2021/

Afghaniscam

Afghaniscam

by John Faraclas

John Faraclas

My first “encounter” with Afghanistan took place during my first year in Anargyrios and Corgialenios College of Spetses in 1964 – 1965 during a speech delivered at the English Club by one of our English teachers, Mr. R. Thompson. It left me with many questions and prompted me to study this country given also the success there by Alexander The Great who occupied that region / country in 17 and a half days and nights following relentless attacks…

A very much...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/10/20/afghaniscam/

Capes’ hiccups an issue or a tempo situ for the BDI? Wets fall further. Geopolitics and Covid will bother us for the foreseeable future…

Capes’ hiccups an issue or a tempo situ for the BDI? Wets fall further. Geopolitics and Covid will bother us for the foreseeable future…

John Faraclas

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) was down 35 points since yesterday losing the 3,400 points threshold, thanks to a massive fall by the Capes… Wets a big issue… Mind the Geopolitical issues and Covid’s Delta strain. John Faraclas’ midweek brief recap:

The BDI at 3,383 is still more than safe – anything above 2,000 points is profit!

The volatile Capes did...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/06/30/capes-hiccups-an-issue-or-a-tempo-situ-for-the-bdi-wets-fall-further-geopolitics-and-covid-will-bother-us-for-the-foreseeable-future/

The UK’s global anti-corruption sanctions regime is now in place

The UK’s global anti-corruption sanctions regime is now in place

At a Glance…
On 26 April 2021, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced the country’s first sanctions under the new Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 (the Regulations). The Regulations build on the sanctions imposed under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 as the UK seeks to expand its post-Brexit autonomous sanctions regime.

Authors: Leigh T. Hansson, Alexander Brandt, Eli Rymland-Kelly, Will...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/05/05/the-uks-global-anti-corruption-sanctions-regime-is-now-in-place/

WISTA Sweden webinar: Ian Urbina on lawless oceans – Invisibility is the fundamental problem

WISTA Sweden webinar:  Ian Urbina on lawless oceans – Invisibility is the fundamental problem

Ian Urbina on a reporting trip in Indonesia. Photo courtesy of the Outlaw Ocean Project, all rights reserved.

On April 16th, WISTA Sweden hosted a webinar where journalist Ian Urbina – Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times investigating reporter, author of best-selling book The Outlaw Ocean and founder of the Outlaw Ocean Project – spoke about the dark side of commercial activities on the oceans.

With...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/04/21/wista-sweden-webinar-ian-urbina-on-lawless-oceans-invisibility-is-the-fundamental-problem/

French hopes of early end to lockdown increasingly forlorn… plus more

French hopes of early end to lockdown increasingly forlorn… plus more

Monaco; the marina and at the centre the Yacht Club de Monaco

Good Morning Monaco – Wednesday, April 21, 2021

French hopes of early end to lockdown increasingly forlorn

Although President Macron continues to hint that a return to the French way of life is just around the corner, his promise of the good life ring increasingly hollow.

UK’s Border Force grapples with IT challenges – very slowly

The British immigration control officers...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/04/21/french-hopes-of-early-end-to-lockdown-increasingly-forlorn-plus-more/

ICS Launches New Edition of Leading Industry Guidelines on Combatting Drug Trafficking

ICS Launches New Edition of Leading Industry Guidelines on Combatting Drug Trafficking

Typical locations where drugs are hidden on ships – dry cargo

Criminal gangs are increasingly exploiting merchant shipping to traffic large volumes of illicit drugs to markets worldwide.  Nearly 90% of all cocaine, 45% of all cannabis, and 30% of all amphetamine type stimulants seized globally during January 2017 to April 2020 were trafficked via sea, despite the best efforts of the shipping industries to...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/04/15/ics-launches-new-edition-of-leading-industry-guidelines-on-combatting-drug-trafficking/

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