Germany Convicts 10 Somali Pirates in Hamburg Court

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Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Author: 
Sara Hefny
Volume: 
29
Issue: 
1
Abstract: 

On October 19, 2012, a German court convicted 10 Somalis of hijacking a German container ship during a 2010 Gulf of Aden attack. This piracy trial, which lasted 105 days[1], was the first of its kind in Germany in over 400 years[2].



               

                [1]               Der Spiegel. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/hamburg-court-hands-down-somali-pirate-sentences-a-862350.html

               

                [2]               http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/10-somali-pirates-sentenced-to-prison-in-2010-german-ship-attack-case