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Introduction

Country: PHILIPPINES

Description of the Assignment:

The prevalent and incessant security challenges facing the Southern Philippines are inextricably tied to the region’s maritime character. Porous borders and poorly monitored sea boundaries make it a hub for diverse and interconnected maritime security threats which include maritime piracy, armed robbery at sea, kidnapping for ransom, fuel theft, drug trafficking, people smuggling, trafficking in persons, arms trafficking and other terror-related activities. Its vast coastlines create multiple entries and exit points to and from the mainland, posing an even greater threat as it gives terrorist groups and criminals alike more access to the seas and creates opportunities to diversify their avenues for fundraising and improving their survivability.

The cross-sectionality of transnational crime is evident within the Sulu and Celebes Seas, as criminal perpetrators participate in various crimes to fund other illegal activities in a vicious cycle. This phenomena is a concern that stretches beyond Southern Philippines to across the broader Sulu and Celebes seas, threatening the coastlines of Sabah, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi. Within the Philippines, these conditions are most pronounced in Mindanao and its outlying islands—in particular the Sulu archipelago and Zamboanga peninsula, where long-standing ethno-national, ideological, and religious conflicts have served to exacerbate the void in governance,1 posing significant challenges to various law enforcement agencies. The maritime insecurity, arising from a confluence of factors, also creates security threats beyond Philippine borders as some of these actors have known ties to international terror organizations. Following the Marawi siege, violence has escalated in Sulu and Basilan, with the suicide bombings of a church in Jolo, Sulu in Southern Mindanao. The Jolo bombing is alleged to have been conducted by an Indonesian couple who had arrived in the Philippines by boat, while other foreigners are known to be living and training alongside other factions of the Abu Sayyaf Group.2 Appropriately enforcing maritime security in Southern Philippines requires building the capacity of the Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippine maritime law enforcement (MLE) agencies to ensure that they are able to accomplish their mission and address multiple maritime security threats in the area. This mission is reflected in the Contact Group on the Sulu and Celebes Seas, which gathers maritime law enforcement agencies across the triborder area to raise awareness and develop triborder coordination to resolve these shared security threats.

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