Getting Messy
The “Enrica Lexie” row is now assuming some messy European dimension, with Italian soldiers demonstrating in Rome against the detention and legal action against two of their colleagues. The...
View ArticleWarning Ignored
Eleven employees claim in court that Maersk Line ignored warnings about pirates and sailed too close to the Somali coast. The eleven crewmembers sued Maersk Line and Waterman Steamship Corp., in three...
View ArticleCourt Row
Twenty-four men accused of piracy on Monday tried to storm out of a Mombasa court after their application for adjournment was dismissed. Chief Magistrate Stephen Riechi was forced to stop the...
View ArticleDefinition Dispute
The trial of a Somali man is under a cloud of uncertainty about what the definition of piracy is. At issue is whether piracy is legally defined as committing robbery at sea or whether it entails a...
View ArticleGerman Law
Using private security firms to protect ships from Somali pirates has long been a legal gray area in Germany. Conceding that it doesn’t have enough soldiers to do the job, the German government is...
View ArticlePirate Punishment
Ten Somalis accused of hijacking a UAE ship should receive the death penalty, the public prosecutor said yesterday. The Federal Courtin Abu Dhabi heard the men were guilty of crimes “repulsive to the...
View ArticleActivist Assists
Pakistani human rights activist Ansar Burney has come to the rescue of six Indian sailors, who were taken hostage by Somali pirates about two years ago following the hijack of MV Iceberg-I. Burney is...
View ArticleTorture Testimony
Testimony about torture aboard a hijacked German ship off the coast of Somalia is expected to resume during a federal piracy trial in Virginia. A Ukranian crew member aboard the Marida Marguerite...
View ArticleSentence Passed
A Somali pirate, who acted as the primary negotiator during kidnap-ransom negotiations, was convicted Friday by a federal jury in Norfolk, Virginia, for his involvement in the abduction of Americans...
View ArticleOn Trial
Six Somalis go on trial in a Paris court on Tuesday charged with taking the 30 crew of luxury sailing ship “Le Ponant” hostage in the emerald, pirate-infested waters of the Gulf of Aden in 2008. The...
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Tundra Works With 9 Bedford Row International Chambers
Tundra International is pleased to announce that it has entered into an exclusive partnership with Mr David Hammond, Barrister of 9 Bedford Row International Chambers, London to identify and develop...
View ArticleCourt Action
The 35-members crew of the US-firm owned ship M V Seamen Guard Ohio, including the 33 on conditional bail, today sought a direction from the Madras High Court bench here, to quash the proceedings of...
View ArticleSomali Upheaval
Unknown gunmen shot dead a lawmaker in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, the second member of parliament killed in the last 24 hours. Abdelaziz Isaq Mursal was shot dead as he left his home in...
View ArticleDrug Deaths
Heroin and alcohol were blamed for the deaths of two American security officers aboard the infamous cargo ship Maersk Alabama, police in the Seychelles have concluded, citing a toxicology report on...
View ArticlePirate Amnesty
Bossaso — Puntland Government in northern Somalia has offered an amnesty to pirate kingpin Isse Mohamoud Yusuf (Isse Yuluh) who generated huge profit from the illicit profession, Garowe Online...
View ArticleRegulation Matters
Armed guards on merchant vessels were unthinkable only a few years ago. Most flag states and ship operators opposed the idea of privately contracted security personnel on their ships as a deterrent...
View ArticleNigerian Support
The Turkish Maritime Task Group has expressed desire to work with the Nigerian Navy personnel to tackle the criminal and unpatriotic activities and operations of pirates in Nigeria. Captain Ihsan...
View ArticlePiracy Epicentre
Three vessels were attacked within the space of a week off the Indonesian island of Bintan, according to security consultants. The first attack was on 3 May when five robbers attempted to board a...
View ArticleHeroin Haul
AN Australian Navy ship has seized a drug smuggling boat off the coast of Somalia, carrying more than 449 kilograms of heroin. Defence Minister David Johnston congratulated the crew of HMAS Darwin who...
View ArticleAsian Warning
Kuala Lumpur: The ICC Commercial Crime Services’ International Maritime Bureau (IMB) is warning small tankers to maintain strict anti-piracy measures in the South China Sea following a spate of tanker...
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