First European trial of pirate suspects opens
Five Somali pirate suspects charged with attempting to hijack a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden stood trial in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on Tuesday, in the first European trial of pirate suspects. According to the Rotterdam District Court, the five Somali men were arrested in January 2009 in the Gulf of Aden, off Somalia, after a cargo ship with Dutch Antilles flag was attacked. “The ship of the …
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First European trial of pirate suspects opens