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Floating liabilities? Maritime armouries, risks and solutions

January 2, 2015by Omega Research Foundation

The use of private security companies to combat piracy has led to a rise in the practice of converting vessels for the purposes of weapons storage. But these ‘floating armouries’ raise a number of concerns over security, oversight and transparency.

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