A violent manifestation producing many harms, Nigerian piracy has spread throughout the Gulf of Guinea. Exploring an understudied criminological phenomenon, this article draws on crime script analysis to articulate detailed business models for each of the three primary types of piracy identified in the waters of Nigeria (robberies, kidnappings for ransom and ship/cargo seizures) as well as attempted boardings/unspecified attacks. To do so, this research employed a content analysis of more than 400 piracy incident reports compiled from multiple data sources and supplemented by insights from existing research and semi-structured interviews with piracy experts. This study contributes to a more in-depth and nuanced understanding of Nigerian piracy and further tests the utility of crime script analysis to investigate atypical acquisitive crimes and non-traditional security threats. More importantly, the formulation of the business models is the first step in conducting a systematic assessment of the harms of Nigerian piracy, the necessary foundation for completing a full policy analysis.

尼日利亚海盗活动是造成许多危害的暴力表现形式，已经扩散到几内亚湾。探索一种被忽视的犯罪现象，本文利用犯罪脚本分析来阐明在尼日利亚水域发现的三种主要海盗行为（抢劫，绑架勒索和绑架船舶/货物的行为）以及尝试登机的详细商业模式/未指定的攻击。为此，本研究采用了对来自多个数据源的400多个盗版事件报告的内容分析，并以现有研究的见解和对盗版专家的半结构化访谈为补充。这项研究有助于更深入，更细致地了解尼日利亚的盗版行为，并进一步测试犯罪脚本分析在调查非典型习性犯罪和非传统安全威胁方面的实用性。更重要的是，业务模型的制定是对尼日利亚海盗行为的危害进行系统评估的第一步，这是完成全面政策分析的必要基础。