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Cruising for trouble : cruise ships as soft targets for pirates, terrorists, and common criminals /
Modern cruise ships, laden with passengers and booty and virtually undefended, make tempting prizes for pirates and terrorists and are easy marks for criminals and sexual predators. The taking of a cruise ship by pirates or terrorists, or an ad hoc combination of the two, has the potential for a tit...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Barbara, California :
Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,
[2010]
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| Colección: | Praeger security international (Series)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Modern cruise ships, laden with passengers and booty and virtually undefended, make tempting prizes for pirates and terrorists and are easy marks for criminals and sexual predators. The taking of a cruise ship by pirates or terrorists, or an ad hoc combination of the two, has the potential for a titanic catastrophe on the scale of 9/11. The scourges of piracy and terrorism, both financed by international criminal groups, are increasingly intertwined: piracy on the high seas is becoming a key tactic of terrorist groups, while many of today's pirates are maritime terrorists with an ideological bent and a broad political agenda. Yet, the cruise industry's security programs to protect their passengers at sea and in port are pitifully inadequate to meet the rising threats. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0313382352 9780313382352 |