Interpol Signs Regional Pact To Cooperate Against Pirates


Jakarta Globe | November 12, 2012
Local pirates may soon need to find a new line of work, as the International Police have joined an Asian regional maritime security forum in an effort to step up security in regional waters. 

The International Police, known as Interpol, signed an agreement on Thursday with the Information Sharing Center-Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships (ISC-ReCAAP) in Asia, the Indonesian Maritime Security Center (Pikmi) said in a statement on Sunday. 

Pikmi head Mohammad Yasin said that the agreement includes the exchange of information and mutual support between the two signatories. The cooperation will be further developed in the future, he said. 

Meanwhile, Yoshihisa Endo, the executive director of ISC-ReCAAP, said that crimes targeting shipping activities are usually transnational, and as such they cannot be solved by any country or institution alone, making the partnerships with Interpol and other nations crucial to its mission. 

“Cooperation is one of the three pillars of ReCAAP and therefore it is possible for other organizations to collaborate and cooperate with our institutions in information exchange or in institutional capacity building programs,” Endo said. 

The Singapore-based ReCAAP is the first regional government-to-government agreement to promote and enhance cooperation against piracy and armed robbery in Asia. 

To date, 18 countries have become contracting parties to ReCAAP, which was established in 2006, in a concerted effort to secure international sea transportation, especially in the Malacca Strait and South China Sea, two of the world’s most vital sea lanes. 

The Malacca Strait is the main shipping channel between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, linking major Asian economies such as India, China, Japan and South Korea. About 60,000 vessels pass through the strait each year, carrying about one-quarter of the world’s traded goods including oil, Chinese products and Indonesian coffee. 

In September, the organization announced that a total of 19 incidents were reported in August 2010 and 12 in August 2011 across the region. 

Endo said that the cooperation with Interpol will further encourage collaboration in battling piracy and armed robbery against shipping.

 sumber: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/international/interpol-signs-regional-pact-to-cooperate-against-pirates/555646

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