Maritime security operations

Maritime security operations (MSO) are the actions of modern naval forces to "combat sea-based terrorism and other illegal activities, such as hijacking, piracy, and slavery, also known as human trafficking.

Their mission is to create a safer and reliable international ocean transportation system, to protect the public from any unfair and deceiving practice.

Today's modern naval force have been able to detect, strategize, and prevent dozens of several illegal activities.

From the beginning of the twentieth century, the number of piracy attack have been found to be cyclical in nature, taking its high points in 2003 and 2010.

As a safety measure, the U.S. Coast Guard encourage the ships' captain to know his crew, deliver a detailed plan of his sea trip to a trusted friend, final check before departing, notify Coast Guard of any suspicious activity, and finally consider clearing local customs before departing on a foreign cruise.

[5] A significant amount of contraband such as drugs has entered many ports through vessels claiming to be caring different types of cargo.

Mariners aboard a vessel that have information that a ship is involved in narcotics trafficking are required to contact their nearest Coast Guard unit.

As the years go by the number of men, women, and children being trafficking are significantly large, this is happening around the world including the United States.

In the month of January 2017, the SDPD was able to arrest 38 men involved with human trafficking during an undercover operation.