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UN Security Council to consider special maritime piracy courts
The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Monday to consider creating new laws, courts and prisons specialized to address the growing problem of piracy off the coast of Somalia. The resolution, sponsored by Russia, calls for the (More)
Somaliland opens maximum security prison for pirates
Somaliland [official website; BBC profile], an unrecognized independent region in northern Somalia , opened a maximum security prison for pirates on Tuesday. The prison, refurbished by a USD $1.5 million grant from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (More)
Federal court sentences convicted Somali pirates to life
The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia sentenced five Somali pirates to life sentences on Monday for attacking the USS Nicholas . Maritime piracy carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison . The men received an additional (More)
Federal court indicts 14 suspected pirates
A grand jury in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Thursday indicted 14 suspects for overtaking a yacht containing four Americans. The Americans, taken as hostages, were later killed by the pirates, the first US citizens (More)
South Korea charges 5 captured Somali pirates
South Korean prosecutor Jeong Jeom-Shik announced Friday that five Somali pirates captured in January have been charged with six offenses, including attempted murder, maritime robbery and kidnapping. The attempted murder charge carries with it a po (More)
UN expert calls for international maritime piracy court
The UN Secretary-General's special adviser on maritime piracy Jack Lang warned Security Council members on Monday that more needs to be done to bring Somali pirates to justice, proposing an international piracy court. In his report, set to underg (More)
Federal jury convicts 5 Somali pirates
A jury for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Wednesday convicted five Somali men on charges of piracy , the first such conviction in the US in nearly 200 years. The men were found guilty on charges of piracy, attacking t (More)
Germany court opens country's first piracy trial in 400 years
The Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg on Monday commenced the country's first piracy trial in 400 years against 10 accused Somali pirates on Monday. The suspects are charged with hijacking a ship registered in Hamburg off the Horn of Afr (More)
Kenya court acquits 17 on piracy charges
A magistrate in Mombasa, Kenya, found 17 accused Somali pirates not guilty Friday, ruling that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. The accused denied involvement in the 2009 attack on the ship the MV Amira. Their la (More)
Yemen court sentences Somali pirates to 5 years in prison
A penal court in the Aden province of Yemen on Sunday sentenced a group of 10 Somali pirates to five years in prison. The men were convicted on charges of committing acts of piracy against Yemeni fishing boats. Three other individuals were also tri (More)
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