The Crime of Maritime Piracy in the Arctic Ocean, the Nordic Region and the Baltic Sea

Abstract

This paper investigates the piracy of the boreal and
Baltic region; it will raise the parallelism between the
aristocracy and this crime, to verify that the most
prominent sea bandits in this region, had a noble title,
and if it implied transcendence towards its current
regulations. The historical aspect of the crime will
be developed addressing its emblematic characters,
locating the representative characteristics of the
pirates. The current penal codes of the region will be
analyzed, locating the penal types that contain the
figure, studying their premises, also the legislations of
those countries victimized by pirates will be analyzed,
to determine a normative pattern and establish the
existing correlation; the assumption of those nations
that typify piracy implicitly will be delimited, and those
codifications that lack the figure will be pointed out;
looking for historical and legislative convergences.
Germany will also be included, although geographically
it does not correspond as such, it was in Hamburg
where this type of piracy was eradicated, which makes
its study necessary. Finally, a deductive methodology
applied by focusing on the subject will be used, since the
premises in the criminal typology will be used to deduce
the conclusions drawn.