Ross WhitefordThe Jackals and the Wolves: The Italian Mafia’s connection to people smugglingAs we know from reading the Ghost Boat story so far, desperate refugees attempting to cross the Mediterranean and escape their war torn…Nov 16, 2015Nov 16, 2015
Ross WhitefordGhost Boat: An eerily similar story from 2011During my research on how ocean currents may have altered the course of the Ghost Boat, I stumbled upon a similar investigation into the…Oct 24, 20151Oct 24, 20151
Ross WhitefordGhost Boat: Could satellite phone signal log a vessel’s movements?As we learned from Eric Reidy’s story on the grim and dangerous journey refugees make across the Mediterranean, the Jackals (criminals…Oct 24, 2015Oct 24, 2015
Ross WhitefordGhost Boat — 140 passengers kidnapped in Libya prior to departure.While searching for information on the “Jackals” (human traffickers involved in transporting migrants to Europe) allegedly involved in the…Oct 17, 20152Oct 17, 20152
Ross WhitefordExtreme weather events in Mediterranean mid-July 2014In July 2014, the Adriatic, Ionian, and Aegean seas saw cold mid-level sea currents meet warm surface sea temperatures (24–26C). This…Oct 17, 2015Oct 17, 2015
Ross Whiteford‘Ghost Boat’ — Excerpts from National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) reports for 2014https://collateral.medium.com/ghost-boat/Broadcast_Warnings1.pdfOct 13, 20151Oct 13, 20151
Ross WhitefordSome interesting notes from an intelligence report published by Dryad — a maritime intelligence…“Dryad has assessed the risk to vessels approaching Misurata as MODERATE, based on the previous threat from the HoR. It is still not clear…Oct 11, 2015Oct 11, 2015