As a follow-up to our SafeSeas project running from 2016 to March 2018 Prof. Tim Edmunds and me have received new funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) of the United Kingdom. The project will receive funding from the ESRC Partnership for Conflict, Crime and Security Research (PaCCS). The funding is for the new SafeSeas project titled “Transnational organised crime at sea: New evidence for better responses” (TOCAS).

The TOCAS project examines maritime crime in the Indo-Pacific region. Case studies of the Western Indian Ocean, South East Asia and South Pacific sub-regions explore types of crime at sea, their interconnections and responses. TOCAS brings together for the first time ever existing research on maritime crime from different disciplinary backgrounds. The first objective is to to develop an evidence base for policy making. TOCAS compares across sub-regions how international actors are working together. The second objective is to develop guidelines and promising practices for how to tackle maritime crime.

Read the full press declaration of the ESRC here. For further information on the TOCAS project visit the SafeSeas website.