From the 27th to the 28th of August, the inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Maritime Crime in the Sulu and Celebes see will be held in Manila. The goal of the meeting under the theme “Mapping and Responding to Maritime Crime” is to draw on the sucess of other contact groups such as the CGPCS in order to improve the coordination in tackling maritime crime and building capacity. The meeting is organised by the UNODC’s Global Maritime Crime Programme regional office in Bangkok. I’ll be attending the meeting and also give a talk on the lessons from the Horn of Africa.