How is it possible for six men to take a Liberian-flagged oil tanker
hostage and negotiate a huge pay out for the return of its crew and 2.2
million barrels of crude oil? In his gripping new book, Jatin Dua
answers this question by exploring the unprecedented upsurge in maritime
piracy off the coast of Somalia in the twenty-first century. Taking the
reader inside pirate communities in Somalia, onboard multinational
container ships, and within insurance offices in London, Dua connects
modern day pirates to longer histories of trade and disputes over
protection. In our increasingly technological world, maritime piracy
represents not only an interruption, but an attempt to insert oneself
within the world of oceanic trade. Captured at Sea moves beyond the
binaries of legal and illegal to illustrate how the seas continue to be
key sites of global regulation, connectivity, and commerce today.