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The Belt and Road Initiative in Suez Port: Legal Pluralism to Address Corruption Incidents

In: China's Belt and Road Initiative in Africa

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  • Niedja de Andrade e Silva Forte Santos

    (University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research (UCILeR-FDUC/FCT), University of Coimbra
    The Center for Administration and Public Policies, Institute of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon (CAPP-ISCSP/FCT)
    Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia de Portugal (2022.12591.BD)
    MediMARE: Mediation in Maritime Disputes Project, University of Coimbra)

  • Luiza Nogueira Barbosa

    (University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research (UCILeR-FDUC/FCT), University of Coimbra
    Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia de Portugal (2022.12591.BD)
    MediMARE: Mediation in Maritime Disputes Project, University of Coimbra)

Abstract

The Suez Port is a pivotal point amidst the maritime connection between China and the Mediterranean Sea in the context of the twenty-first-century Maritime Silk Road. However, while enabling the transportation of over US$ 9.6 billion in goods daily between Asia and Europe, the Suez Port tops the rank of corruption according to the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network. Handling this critical issue is more complicated in transnational contexts involving the clash of legislations, norms, cultures, and values such as that occurs at the Suez Port in the context of Belt and Road Initiative. This chapter sheds light on participatory mechanisms based on and feeding back global legal pluralism as a path for dealing with corruption in such contexts. After bringing together information on actors, specific demands, and main threats to maritime international trade identified in corruption incidents in the Suez Canal Port, this chapter concludes that the Local HelpDesk implemented by the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network in the Egyptian Port is a promising solution to be adopted in other logistic nodes of BRI in Africa.

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  • Niedja de Andrade e Silva Forte Santos & Luiza Nogueira Barbosa, 2025. "The Belt and Road Initiative in Suez Port: Legal Pluralism to Address Corruption Incidents," Springer Books, in: R. Mireille Manga Edimo & Julien Rajaoson (ed.), China's Belt and Road Initiative in Africa, chapter 0, pages 159-176, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-80400-7_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-80400-7_9
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