Azifah Astrina
The Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS) are among the world’s most intensively monitored maritime corridors, yet low-level maritime crime persists. Despite sustained investment in patrols, surveillance systems and regional cooperation, incidents of piracy and armed robbery continue to cluster around specific choke points, anchorages and traffic separation schemes. This report focuses on criminality at sea rather than strategic competition between states, recognising that each operates according to distinct logics and policy tools.
Deterrence in the SOMS is spatially uneven and highly localised. Maritime security infrastructure is deliberately concentrated in high-risk, high-value corridors, producing overlapping zones where enforcement presence and criminal opportunity coexist. Incident clustering near security posts does not indicate deterrence failure, but reflects choke-point geography, infrastructure placement and offender adaptation.
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