Dutch prosecutors are dusting off the oldest international felony in their country's books to tackle the 21st-century wave of piracy. Five Somali pirates will be tried, likely next month, for the 17th-century offense of "sea robbery." While countries including the Netherlands, France and the U.S. plan pirate trials in their own courts, other countries are calling for a special tribunal in Kenya, for fear of being saddled with the pirates after they serve out their prison terms.
April 17, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Dutch prosecutors are dusting off the oldest international felony in their country’s books to tackle the 21st-century wave of piracy.
Five Somali pirates will be tried, likely next month, for the 17th-century offense of “sea robbery.” The bandits were captured by the Danish navy in January following a failed attack on a Dutch Antilles-flagged cargo ship off Somalia’s lawless coast.
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