Pirates Go to Dutch Court

Five Somali pirates will be on Dutch court, if Denmark hands over them to Netherland. A Danish support vessel picked them up when they jumped overboard from their pirate ship. A Dutch cargo vessel was attacked by them, but it was foiled.

However, to prosecute the pirates the Dutch court has to use a criminal code which was never used before. The code writes, a captain of a pirate ship can be sentenced to 12 years in prison, while the crewmembers may get 8 years.

It is not clear, the pirates can be sent back to Somalia afer their prison's time, should they indeed be sentenced.

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Five Less Somali Pirates

After receiving the $3 million ransom, eight of the 25 pirates who boarded the oil tanker Sirius Star made off in a smaller boat. When they were caught in a storm, only three made it to shore, their share of the ransom, lost.

This information was confirmed by pirate Daud Nure and local resident Jamal Abdulle. Nure knew those involved even though he was not part of the illegal operation. Abdulle lives where the Star was anchored during the two month standoff.

The crude in the Star was valued at $100 million at the time of it's capture. The capture demonstrated the pirate's ability to capture targets of high value, even hundreds of miles from shore.

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