How to Close a Shipping Lane

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In Season 1, we talked about “How to hijack a ship”, and earlier in this season, we talked about “How to deliver a ransom”. Today, we’re following on from these two episodes to discuss “How to close a shipping lane” with three fantastic guests.

Firstly, we have Daniel Giordanio. Daniel is the Senior Threat Intelligence Manager at shipping giant AP Moller Maersk, where he focuses on assessing and mitigating threats to the company’s global operations and workforce. Prior to Maersk, Daniel had a fifteen-year career in the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, with his final position as the FBI’s Assistant Legal Attaché for Intelligence at the US Embassy in Copenhagen. His focus was on ensuring cross-collaborative intelligence sharing on a wide range of threats with Nordic intelligence and security partners. Daniel worked a multitude of threats with the FBI in the United States, and was instrumental in the identification and eventual capture of Rafael Caro Quintero, an FBI Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitive, and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico. In Washington, DC, he worked on a high-profile task force to address espionage concerns across the US Intelligence Community, and did a joint-duty assignment at the US Central Intelligence Agency, developing collaborative cross-agency intelligence efforts to counter threats to US national security.

Joining Daniel, we also have Encyclopedia Geopolitica’s own Anthony Clay, as well as one of this show’s cohosts, Cormac McGarry.

Anthony Clay is a retired US Navy Surface Warfare Officer where he specialised in amphibious warfare and expeditionary operations. He is currently a Senior Strategic Planner in the Department of Defense where he has worked on diverse issues, with focuses on Logistics, Nuclear Weapons, and Space Warfare.

Cormac Mc Garry is the Director for Maritime Security at Control Risks, a global specialist risk management consultancy. He helps a range of clients, from ship owners and manufacturers to insurers and law firms, understand risk in the maritime word. He also teaches on the topic as an Adjunct Professor at Sciences Po Paris and has previously worked in East Africa, the Irish Defence Forces and the National Maritime College of Ireland.

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