The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Wednesday that the legal definition of maritime piracy includes an armed attack to hijack a ship, even if the attempt is unsuccessful. In one...
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Ten Somali pirates were sentenced to 25 years in prison on Tuesday in the Abu Dhabi Federal Criminal Court of First Instance. The men were convicted of highjacking the MV Arrilah-1, a UAE-owned ship hauling aluminum in the Arabian...
Accused Somali pirates face trial in Paris court for hostage incident
Six accused Somali pirates went on trial in a Paris court Tuesday for taking 30 crew members hostage in 2008 on the ship Le Ponant in the Gulf of Aden. The men could face life in prison ...
Somali man convicted of piracy for role in German, US hijackings
Somali national Mohommad Saaili Shibin was convicted in a US court on Friday of piracy for his role in the hijacking of a German merchant vessel and a US yacht in 2010 and 2011. Shibin, who...
US hands suspected Somali pirates over to Seychelles for prosecution
The US government on Tuesday handed over 15 suspected Somali pirates it captured in January to the Republic of Seychelles for prosecution. The suspects are accused of attacking a ship and kidnapping 13 Iranian fisherman, all of...
The Tribunale Ordinario di Roma on Monday ordered nine alleged Somali pirates to be tried in Italy's first international piracy trial on charges of attacking the Montecristo, an Italian cargo vessel, off...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday applauded the Somali parties who have reached a "crucial political agreement" on Friday at the Garowe II Constitutional Conference . According to Ban, the agreement provides the steps...
Seychelles President James Michel on Monday asked world leaders to address security problems in Somalia with greater urgency on Monday in order to lower the rate of Somali pirate attacks in the southern Indian...
Six accused Somali pirates went on trial in Paris Tuesday on charges of hijacking, kidnapping and armed robbery in connection with a 2008 attack on a yacht. Then men are accused of capturing the...
JURIST Guest Columnist Raymond Gilpin, Director of the Center for Sustainable Economies at the United States Institute of Peace, says that the UN piracy resolution will only have a meaningful impact on ending maritime crime if it is complementary, coordinated...
