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Piracy is as old as seafaring itself.
Piracy has existed long before the
ancient Greek or Romans. As a matter of
fact: piracy is a thriving and growing
industry. While in the US or Europe, the
days of Francis Drake or Captain Morgan
have gone the way of the buggy whip, in
other cultures and countries, just like
kidnap, piracy is on the up, closely
tied to terrorist and organized crime
networks. Theft of private yachts also
is become more and more "popular".
These crimes terrorize whole regions
around between Arabia, Africa and
Indonesia, the Caribbean and other
regions of the world. Even government
officials, police and military are in
some cases involved in piracy. The most
recent attacks around the Somali coast
may imply that the problem is a new one,
but with more Westerners travelling
internationally, more Westerners become
victim and media covered is more
extensive than before. Overall, piracy
is sharply rising and with too many
Westerners ignoring this danger, more
and more yachts and ships will be
attacked. Somali, Yemeni, East Asian and
East African pirates have been roaming
the seas for many centuries. It is a
veritable and traditional business to
these cultures.
But not only ships are targets of these
kind of criminals, also ports all over
the world, as smuggling becomes much
easier with corrupt port staff on board
of the team and terrorists try to
infiltrate ports for their own heinous
crimes, all over the world, all the
time. Harbours are large, static
targets, difficult to protect and thus
easy to attack.
Piracy is neither God-given, nor
inevitable. Both commercial freighters
or private yachts or cruise ships CAN be
protected, as well as port facilities.
But it is necessary to apply certain
security concepts in order to achieve
security. Brillstein Security can
counsel the client in all matters of
maritime security, conduct risk
assessment, develop security plan, run
security audits and penetration tests
and offer protection all across the
board.
We also
specialize in
crisis intervention, emergency
extraction or recovery of
assets, stolen yachts or cargo. Please
also consult our pages on our new
maritime security training program at
www.brillstein-security-academy.com
, the
ERT Maritime Security
Teams and our
Maritime Security Concept.
As of May 2009, our top-notch
international maritime security teams
also operate out of Kenya for on-board
security and/or escort ships.
Please contact us
any time to discuss your individual
security needs
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list of our security services
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