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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 whom the US Navy res (More)
Italy court orders trial for accused Somali pirates
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 the coast of Somalia last year. Currently b (More)
UN SG welcomes Somalia constitutional conference agreement
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 that Somalia must t (More)
France court begins trial of accused Somali pirates
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 Carre-d'As IV in the Gulf of Aden and holding a Fren (More)
UN Piracy Resolution Faces Significant Hurdles
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, co (More)
UN expert calls for increased efforts to combat Somalia piracy
Pirates off the Somalia coast have increased their area of operation and use of violence despite unprecedented efforts to reduce piracy, a UN official said Monday. Assistant Secretary-General for Political AffairsTaye-Brook Zerihoun told the UN S (More)
UN Security Council resolution urges stricter anti-piracy measures
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution Monday urging member states to make piracy a crime and establish anti-piracy courts because of the rise in maritime piracy crime off the coast of Somalia. The request was due in part to the recent conc (More)
Federal judge sentences two more Somali pirates to life in prison
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday sentenced a pair of Somali men to life in prison for their involvement in the hijacking of a yacht that resulted in the deaths of four American citizens. This follow (More)
Two more Somali pirates sentenced to life in prison
US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Judge Mark Davis on Monday ruled [Virginian Pilot report] that two Somali pirates who killed four Americans will spend their lives in prison. Mahdi Jama Mohamed and Muhidin Salad Omar, the two (More)
Somali pirate sentenced to life in prison
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Monday sentenced a Somali man to life in prison for his role in the hijacking of a US vessel that resulted in the deaths of four US citizens. They were the first US citizens (More)
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