Definition: Piracy

Category: Crime statistics

Any act of violence, detention or depredation committed for private ends by the crew or passengers of a private ship or a private aircraft, and directed on the high seas, against another ship or aircraft, or against persons or property on board such ship or aircraft; or against a ship, aircraft, persons or property in a place outside the jurisdiction of any State, including acts of participation in, incitement to, or facilitation of such acts. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/ICCS_final-2015-March12_FINAL_v1_0_EN.pdf