South-East Asia Anti-Piracy Center Established

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Thursday, October 1, 1992
Volume: 
8
Issue: 
10
Pg. 396
Abstract: 

On October 1, 1992, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), based in the London suburbs, announced the establishment of a 24-hour center to counter piracy in the seas of South-east Asia in Kuala Lumpur. The shipping industry will fund the center. In terms of international criminal law, the significant of the Center is that it illustrates mean whereby the private sector can cooperate and develop mechanisms and institutions to fill a void normally occupied by international organizations…[more]