A chart explains the difference between piracy and robbery. The main text reads in black,

Illegal acts of maritime violence or detention or any act of depredation, committed for private ends.

Piracy

Armed Robbery

Occurs in the high seas and international waters against outside of a state’s jurisdiction.

Occurs within a state’s internal waters, archipelagic waters, and territorial sea.

Source: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

A chart explains the difference between piracy and robbery. The main text reads in black,

Illegal acts of maritime violence or detention or any act of depredation, committed for private ends.

Piracy

Armed Robbery

Occurs in the high seas and international waters against outside of a state’s jurisdiction.

Occurs within a state’s internal waters, archipelagic waters, and territorial sea.

Source: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea