Assessing the national and regional effectiveness of countering maritime piracy in the Gulf of Guinea

Maritime piracy is a serious worldwide challenge that affects the maritime industry. As a result, in the past years, the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) region has seen a sharp upsurge in pirate attacks. To solve such criminal activities, diverse measures have been undertaken by both the coastal nations and regional organizations of GoG. So, this paper's purpose is to assess the effectiveness of the regional and national measures undertaken to address maritime piracy in the GoG region. To achieve this aim, the author provides the likely ways of combating maritime piracy in the GoG and presents an analysis of counter-maritime piracy responses that have been employed to tackle the maritime piracy problem in the GoG. Therefore, analysis of this study comprises an assessment of the steps employed by the GoG nations and the effectiveness of the executed tactics to counter the risk posed by maritime piracy in the GoG. Based on this, the author concludes that though the collaborative efforts intended to counter maritime piracy are laudable, nevertheless, it remains essentially insufficient to address the complete magnitude of the problem due to the present dearth of collaboration and coordination among the parties involved.