Maritime Autonomous Vehicles and Drug Trafficking by Sea: Some Legal Issues
In: The International Journal of Marine and Coastal LawSenior Fellow, US Naval War College Stockton Centre for International Law Newport, RI United States
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Abstract
Among the new technologies being deployed at sea, maritime autonomous vehicles (MAV) are of increasing interest to States to enhance their intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities to improve their maritime security. This article analyses the international law implications of this use of MAV to support maritime law enforcement efforts in response to drug trafficking and other crimes at sea. The use of MAV for criminal purposes, especially smuggling goods, also holds international law consequences. The article assesses how these different operations of MAV fit within existing legal regimes, highlighting emerging legal questions for resolution and setting out recommendations for law reform to enhance counter-smuggling operations at sea.
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Maritime Autonomous Vehicles and Drug Trafficking by Sea: Some Legal Issues
In: The International Journal of Marine and Coastal LawSenior Fellow, US Naval War College Stockton Centre for International Law Newport, RI United States
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Abstract
Among the new technologies being deployed at sea, maritime autonomous vehicles (MAV) are of increasing interest to States to enhance their intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities to improve their maritime security. This article analyses the international law implications of this use of MAV to support maritime law enforcement efforts in response to drug trafficking and other crimes at sea. The use of MAV for criminal purposes, especially smuggling goods, also holds international law consequences. The article assesses how these different operations of MAV fit within existing legal regimes, highlighting emerging legal questions for resolution and setting out recommendations for law reform to enhance counter-smuggling operations at sea.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
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| Abstract Views | 3110 | 683 | 23 |
| Full Text Views | 294 | 93 | 1 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 713 | 203 | 3 |