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EU, Kenya reach pirate prosecution agreement

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] The European Union (EU) announced Friday that it has entered into an agreement with Kenya to transfer suspected pirates captured by EU counter-pirate operations into Kenyan custody for prosecution. The agreement contains provisions for the nine Somali pirates captured by German forces on Tuesday, and "defines modalities" for any capture of suspected pirates in the future. Germany has maintained a presence in the Gulf of Aden as a part of the EU's Naval Forces Atalanta mission to stem pirate activity in the troubled Gulf region. The EU's agreement with Kenya is the first agreement between the EU and a country located within that African region. Kenya has become the lead prosecutor of suspected pirates captured by third-party countries within the Gulf of Aden. In November, eight Somalis were charged in a Kenyan court for piracy after being turned over to Kenyan officials by the British Royal Navy. In January 2006, the US Navy captured 10 Somali men 200 miles off the coast of Somalia and turned them over to Kenyan courts in Mombasa for prosecution. In November 2006, each of the 10 men was sentenced to seven years in prison.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on March 06, 2009 (boomark / email).