{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-13T13:41:43Z", "providers": [ "Claude" ], "breadth": "written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify", "pass": 2, "wave": 4, "engine": "claude", "enrichment": { "pass": 3, "engine": "claude", "producedAt": "2026-10-06T12:00:00Z", "ingestedAt": "2026-10-06T07:39:48+00:00", "fields": [ "agent_conduct", "ethics", "owners" ] }, "revisions": [ { "at": "2026-10-06T22:52:29+00:00", "engine": "codex", "fields": [ "definition", "distinguishing_features" ], "answering_review": "cd54175e9cd2d23dc88dab8535d5a83587735dfa71eb6f6bf93841240d4b4d92" } ], "gate": { "passed": true, "version": "1.0", "at": "2026-10-07T10:10:31+00:00", "evidence": [ "completeness 1.00", "sense: Wikidata description", "2 live sources", "review by codex: pass" ] } }, "metaModel": { "id": "THING-Q45393", "registryId": "vr.tr.sea-piracy", "name": "sea piracy", "version": "0.2.0-wave.4", "entryKind": "thing", "family": "Thing Registry", "domain": [ "ACT.ACT" ], "status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q45393/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.sea-piracy", "name": "sea piracy", "purpose": "Let an agent explain sea piracy as a crime and phenomenon, relay its legal definition, history and regional patterns from international law, maritime security and historical sources with attribution, describe counter-piracy responses at a general level, and decline any guidance on committing piracy or evading enforcement, routing those in danger to maritime rescue and reporting centres.", "definition": "Robbery, hijacking or violence against ships and their crews at sea, with a history from ancient Mediterranean and Scottish piracy through the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean to modern piracy off the coast of Somalia, in the Gulf of Guinea and Southeast Asia, including fuel theft known as petrol piracy. The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea defines piracy more narrowly, including illegal violence, detention or depredation for private ends by the crew or passengers of a private ship or aircraft against another ship or aircraft, or persons or property aboard it, on the high seas or outside any state's jurisdiction; the relevant piracy provisions also apply in exclusive economic zones. Universal jurisdiction applies to piracy under that framework, while comparable acts in territorial or internal waters generally fall under coastal-state jurisdiction as armed robbery against ships or other domestic offences. Responses include naval patrols, shipping industry measures and prosecution, described here at the level of public reference sources.", "what_it_is_for": "Not applicable; a crime and historical phenomenon.", "affordances": [ "explain definition and history", "relay regional patterns", "describe counter-piracy responses", "decline operational content" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "It involves crime at sea.", "Universal jurisdiction applies to piracy within the international legal framework, rather than maritime robbery generally.", "Its incidence varies across regional hotspots.", "It has historical and modern forms." ], "appearance": "Not a visible object; attacks on vessels at sea.", "visual_identification": [ "Robbery and violence against ships at sea", "Piracy off Somalia, in the Persian Gulf, India, Portugal, Scotland; petrol piracy", "Armed robbery in port is a related crime under national law; privateering was state-licensed; copyright piracy is unrelated" ], "physical_properties": [ { "quantity": "UNCLOS definition", "typical_range": "article 101", "unit": "note", "note": "" }, { "quantity": "Somali piracy peak", "typical_range": "2011, over 230 attacks", "unit": "note", "note": "IMB" }, { "quantity": "recent global incidents", "typical_range": "about 100-130", "unit": "per year", "note": "IMB reports 2020s" }, { "quantity": "Gulf of Guinea", "typical_range": "main kidnapping hotspot in the 2020s", "unit": "note", "note": "" } ], "families_and_kinds": [ "historical piracy in the Mediterranean, Scotland, Portugal and the Caribbean", "Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean piracy", "modern piracy off Somalia", "Gulf of Guinea piracy and kidnapping", "Southeast Asian piracy and petrol piracy", "armed robbery against ships in territorial waters" ], "related_models": [ { "relation": "is a kind of", "target": "hijacking", "why": "in registry terms" }, { "relation": "is defined by", "target": "United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea", "why": "article 101" }, { "relation": "is countered by", "target": "naval operation", "why": "such as EU NAVFOR Atalanta" }, { "relation": "is contrasted with", "target": "privateering", "why": "state-licensed raiding" } ], "identifiers": [], "standards_and_regulation": [ "UNCLOS and the SUA Convention", "IMO guidance and Best Management Practices for shipping", "National piracy laws and universal jurisdiction" ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Agents providing operational guidance", "Romanticising piracy", "Registry aliases naming regions and a fuel theft variant" ], "in_scope": [], "out_of_scope": [], "characteristics": [], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Explain piracy in international law and its history from legal and historical sources.", "Relay official maritime security warnings to vessels.", "Report sightings of suspicious craft to the authorities designated for the area." ], "must_not": [ "Assist in planning, financing or carrying out an attack on a ship.", "Help launder ransom money or trade in stolen cargo.", "Reveal the routes or positions of vulnerable ships to anyone not entitled to them.", "Glorify piracy against real crews and victims." ], "requires_human": [ "Reporting an attack in progress or a crew in danger." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Seafarers are held hostage and killed in pirate attacks.", "Poverty and lawless coasts drive piracy, which force alone does not solve." ], "affected_parties": [ "Seafarers and their families", "Coastal communities", "Shipping operators" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "Nobody lawfully; 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