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PIRACY _ “NEW” CHALLENGE
TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICS?
CRIMINAL ANALYSIS OF A MARITIME PIRACY
PREVENTION
DAVIT CHIKHLADZE
(LL.M HU Berlin)
Master of European Law and Legal Practice, Humboldt University of
Berlin, Fellow of German Academic Exchange Service(DAAD) and
Study Foundation of the Berlin House of Representatives
The Maltese-flagged Greek tanker “OLIB G” was hijacked by Somali pirates
while transiting the Gulf of Aden on September 8, 2010. The vessel and her crew
consisted of 3 Turks and 15 Georgians. It became possible to free them from
harsh conditions only after 16 months, on January 8, 2012.
Piracy was considered to be a forgotten topic until present. However, recent
frequent pirate attacks in Somalia coastal waters have inflicted huge financial
damage to the world. Piracy – the crime of the 17 th Century – has become a “new”
challenge for the world politics.
The goal of this article is to present piracy as a topical problem of international
politics and to discuss international law regulations connected with piracy; to
summarize causes of piracy and its prevention strategy on the basis of analysis of
a specific case heard by Hamburg Court against piracy and review of an ongoing
mission of the UN for Somalia Coastal Waters.
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