The Director-General of the Maritime Authority, Thomas K. Alonsi, expressed his profound appreciation to the UNODC for the technical and financial support towards the legal reform process in Ghana. The fact is these criminals and their international backers have the money and the motivation to exploit any lacuna in our laws. The MT Mariam incident (2016), presented Ghana with its first test case of piracy. “Ladies and gentlemen, as you may already know, the Gulf of Guinea has in recent years earned the undignified reputation as a “piracy hotspot”. The insurance industry classifies the region as a High-Risk Area and thus exacts exorbitant premiums from ship operators and ship owners.

Source: GhanaWeb May 27, 2021 17:03 UTC