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pjhq-northwood-bunker.jpg - A national control centre to help protect the UK's interests at sea has been set up by the government.The National Maritime Information Centre will target terrorism and other crime, and respond to disasters. Security Minister Lord West said piracy off the Horn of Africa and the seaborne Mumbai terror attacks of November 2008 highlighted the need for such a centre. The facility is based at the national military control centre at Northwood in north-west London. Lord West said the maritime base would allow government agencies and departments to share information about activity at sea more efficiently, which would protect UK interests at home and abroad. Sharing information would help officials to identify and counter potential threats to the UK at an earlier stage, he added. Threats identified by ministers include terrorism and other criminal activity. The centre will also assist the co-ordination of more rapid responses to accidental or environmental disasters at sea. Lord West said globalisation and mass movement of goods across the world meant criminality at sea could affect the UK's national interest. He highlighted drugs trafficking in the Caribbean and piracy in Africa as examples where crime continued to destabilise states and regions. The harm could be felt in local communities in the UK through the smuggling of drugs, arms and people, he added.

 UK opens centre to tackle security risks at sea | A national control centre to help protect the UK's interests at sea has been set up by the government. The National Maritime Information Centre will target terrorism and other crime, and respond to disasters. Security Minister Lord West said piracy off the Horn of Africa and the seaborne Mumbai terror attacks of November 2008 highlighted the need for such a centre. The facility is based at the national military control centre at Northwood in north-west London. Lord West said the maritime base would allow government agencies and departments to share information about activity at sea more efficiently, which would protect UK interests at home and abroad. Sharing information would help officials to identify and counter potential threats to the UK at an earlier stage, he added. Threats identified by ministers include terrorism and other criminal activity. The centre will also assist the co-ordination of more rapid responses to accidental or environmental disasters at sea. Lord West said globalisation and mass movement of goods across the world meant criminality at sea could affect the UK's national interest. He highlighted drugs trafficking in the Caribbean and piracy in Africa as examples where crime continued to destabilise states and regions. The harm could be felt in local communities in the UK through the smuggling of drugs, arms and people, he added. Download
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