Transnational maritime crimes can be defined as criminal acts committed within a nation's maritime jurisdiction. Although many papers on transnational organized crimes have been released, the papers addressing criminal activities occurred in the marit...
Transnational maritime crimes can be defined as criminal acts committed within a nation's maritime jurisdiction. Although many papers on transnational organized crimes have been released, the papers addressing criminal activities occurred in the maritime domains are rarely found.
This paper is to make clear definition of transnational maritime crime and suggest effective follow-up measures to eliminate such crimes.
Transnational maritime crimes have unique characteristics than that of territorial ones; the wide scope of criminal activity area, the limited availability of criminal tools, the spreading effect of the crime, and the possibility of early interdiction through precautionary actions.
KMPA(Korea Maritime Police Agency), the lead agency responsible for crime prevention at sea, should maintain the enforcement capability in interdicting the transnational maritime crime. To achieve its operational goal addressing those crimes, KMPA needs a variety of functional and organizational requirements. This paper is to suggest recommendations on the effective ways for suppressing those crimes.
Firstly, KMPA must reinforce its personal capacity in the field of foreign affairs. Secondly, KMPA must improve both overlapping and dispersion functions, because, KMPA should operate a reliable information system and establish a special intelligence team. Lastly, KMPA should promote international cooperation with adjacent coastal nations, Japan, China, and Russia. For a better information access, interchange of police attaches should be increased.
As the maritime criminals continues to offer interdiction challenges in Korean waters, KMPA should be capable of meeting the challenges efficiently and effectively through enhancing its functional structures, and both interagency and international cooperation.