The Danish naval ship, HMS Absalon, is facing an unusual dilemma with the five Somali pirates it pulled out of the Gulf of Aden on 2 January. The pirates’ ship was reportedly sunk by the very cargo vessel they were trying to attack when an emergency flare landed on the pirates’ boat and sank it.
The HMS Absalon rescued the five Somalis, but because they were caught in international waters no one is quite sure what to do with them, according to the Copenhagen Post. The United Nations has given patrols the authority to pursue, and even sink, pirate ships caught pirating. But criminal prosecution is turning out to be a major headache because of the questions over jurisdiction.
A previous incident in September 2008 involved 10 Somali pirates who were captured by the Danish navy in the Gulf of Aden. The navy was eventually forced to release the pirates because they felt they could not be legally prosecuted in Denmark, and were concerned Somali authorities would execute them.
While the piracy issue is growing by the week, governments across the globe are struggling to find a solution to the situation that has disrupted international shipping as well as the cruise line industry. As for the five pirates currently held aboard the HMS Absalon; their fate has yet to be determined.
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Most of these coments are un human,imagine you are in europa having cival war like back in the days and when you try to survive by fishing in your own country,ships from all over the world come and take your fish…and dump toxic in your water!!you don’t have anything left in the sea.
what would you do?
just wait and sit?
or atleast do something that the world could act?
i my self i hunt pirates in somalia,and i wil never kill innocent somali coz he skiny and look 21th century pirate!
first china,korea,spain,france,yemen,egypt, thailand,should stop fishing in somalian waters.
italian mavia should stop dumping toxic in somalian waters.
ps:i learn that the somali people are more human then any other parts of the world.
do your research and write back to me….
Somali police force in mogadishu…@
Take a look at this video of one of the brothers of the pirates:
http://www.ncoal.com/video_Play13.htm
Enjoy,
John
Jan 17, 2009, Jon Doe ! HOW INCREDIBLE NAIVE and OUT of TOUCH ! .. A comment like the ones you are reproaching are just COMMENTS ! They are not harming anyone in the REAL WORLD ! …But the ACTIONS of those you call ” HUMANS” ( as in this case ) have caused great grieve to many people and not to forget about how many HUMANS they have killed in REAL LIFE ! So get real and OPEN YOUR EYES to what is really going on around us !! .. Those people you call HUMANS don’t need your sympathy ! but their victims DO … So spare us your ‘KINDNESS’ and tears about them ! … You can chose to do evil … you can chose to do good … and POVERTY has nothing to do with it … There are many poor people all over the world who struggle to carry on every day but it would be a great insult to say that their EVIL doings are due to their POVERTY ! …
Jan 17, 2009, Jon Doe ! HOW INCREDIBLE NAIVE and OUT of TOUCH ! .. A comment like the ones you are reproaching are just COMMENTS ! They are not harming anyone in the REAL WORLD ! …But the ACTIONS of those you call ” HUMANS” ( as in this case ) have caused hreat grieve to many people and not to forget about how many HUMANS they have killed in REAL LIFE ! So get real and OPEN YOUR EYES to what is really going on around us !! .. Those people you call HUMANS don’t need your sympathy ! but their victims DO … So spare us your ‘KINDNESS’ and tears about them ! … You can chose to do evil … you can chose to do good … and POVERTY has nothing to do with it … There are many poor people all over the world who struggle to carry on but it would be a great insult to say that their EVIL doings are due to their POVERTY ! …
That’s the point Jon. Your way means that the pirate problem continues to exist (and possibly that the pirates are resettled in another country rather than being repatriated).
So unless you can come up with a solution that works, you can be as disgusted as you like but you won’t help fix the problem.
Most of these comments are shocking me. How dare you to judge over human lifes like this. Disgusting to talk like this.
I bet they don’t let anyone own a pistol in Denmark. Someone might get hurt! Ouch! Oh pardon me! I didn’t mean to step on your toes while you were robbing me. Please forgive me.
I would be happy to shoot them by the way. I have a nice European glock 21. I won’t even charge anybody a fee. I would consider it charity work.
Wow. I cannot believe how silly the Danish government is. At least the Danes on this website are rational. Why don’t you take your government back? Who let it get this out of control? Helloo! Hitler and Fascism are long gone. Just because Hitler was a proponent of executions and superfast highways doesn’t mean we should automatically avoid them. It’s amazing how fascism still has an influence over Europe. The extremes Europeans go to to show how civilized they are makes me thank god I still live in the USA and I can shoot my own criminals myself if I want.
“How about throwing them into the ocean. Would solve the issue.”
Only white man is naive enough to pull them out of the sea in the first place.
Boy those Danes sound idiotic if you put it like that.
How about throwing them into the ocean. Would solve the issue.
@Gus
You are right, after extradiction to Holland these pirates will probably be released after about 5 years and even worse, they would STAY here since it is impossible to send them back to Somalia…since there is no somali government to deal with or just because of the fact that they would face islamic law in which thiefs have their hands cut off.
Oh ! This CRIMINALS should be sent to their country and let their ‘courts’ prosecute them. They KNOW VERY WELL what they got into so what is all the fuss about sending them to where they belong ? Here in the NETHERLANDS the prisons are 90% ‘ inhabited’ by this kind of MINDS !! so why should we the hard working TAX PAYERS be burdened with this people ??? We DON”T WANT to be BURDENED with this high costs and their possibility of using and abusing our social services to make their lives PLEASANT ! … money we need to be use in our DECAYING HEALTH, EDUCATION and HOUSING system that can no longer cope with the great BURDENS already imposed !! Let the UN take care of them … after all they were saved in INTERNATIONAL WATERS
I THINK THAT IF THEY WERE PUT IN THE HANDS OF THEIR COUNTRIES MANY OF THEM WOULD STOP PIRATING. COME’ON, THEY KILL MANY PEOPLE WHEN THEY ASSAULT THE SHIPS…
I ALSO THINK THAT WE NEED SOMALIA TO SHOW US IF THEY ARE ABLE TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THIS. AND THEN WE COULD HELP THEM. WE NEED TO LET THOSE COUNTRIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF SOLVING THEIR OWN PROBLEMS.
IF WE SEND THEM TO BE JUDGE IN HOLLAND THEY WILL LAUGH ALL THE WAY TO THE HAYA TRIBUNAL. THEY WILL GET MAYBE UP TO 10 YEARS IN PRISION AND AT THE END THEY WILL GET AFTER ONLY 4 OR 5.
NOBB, LETS SOMALIAN GOVERN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, MAYBE AFTERT THEY HUNG SOME OF THEM THEY WILL THINK IT TWICE BEFORE KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE IN THE OPEN OCEAN.
What a waste of time. Pompey must be turning in his grave.
The Dutch government asked the Danish government to bring them to the Netherlands, so they can be judged at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.