Definition
Maritime security in this context refers to the standardization and bolstering of efforts across agencies and governmental administrations to increase efficiency in the prevention of illicit smuggling activities and capturing illegal material before it makes land fall (International Maritime Organization/IMO 2019).
Introduction
In the pre- and post-9/11 years, US maritime and port security has taken a strong stance on the physical mitigation, prevention, and preparedness in regard to occurrences at seaports, arguably the most vital economic vein for the USA and world. Despite millions of dollars have been invested in security operations at the various ports across the USA, known drug smuggling operations through maritime avenues have gone relatively unhindered. Two main reasons for this problem are a lack of coordination between public and private law enforcement personnel at the seaports and a nonexistent standard of training for the private personnel that relies almost...
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Jelenek, J.M. (2020). Maritime Security: Contraband (Drugs, Arms, Trafficking, Smuggling, Counterfeit Goods). In: Shapiro, L.R., Maras, MH. (eds) Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69891-5_84-1
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