Transborder Crime: Piracy

1. The illegal payment demanded by pirates for the release of the hostages.
4. The system ensuring freedom of navigation in International waters.
6. A form of organized crime where pirates are linked to larger criminal networks.
9. A region in Southeast Asia plagued by transnational maritime crime
10. Which Asian country has faced criticism for insufficient efforts in combating piracy in its waters?
14. A transnational crime linked to piracy and involving the kidnapping of individual.
15. The economic activity disrupted by piracy along key shipping lanes.
16. The term for crimes committed across national borders.
17. What term refers to the ransom payment made to pirates, which often incentivize acts of piracy?
18. An international law term for crimes such as piracy on the high seas.

2. The crime of illegal fishing often connected to maritime piracy.
3. The international convention governing piracy laws.
5. What key IR concept involves states working together to combat piracy?
6. What type of weapons are often used by pirates to threaten or attack ships?
7. What country is often accused of being a base of pirates operating in the Gulf of Guinea?
8. A group of ships travelling together for safety.
11. The illegal activity of taking over a ship by force.
12. A naval operation to protect ships from pirates.
13. A term for robbery at sea.
19. A treaty signed to prevent piracy.