How South Korea Handles Piracy
Feb 3, 2011 The rise of piracy in the Arabian Sea has raised difficult legal questions, but there's little ambiguity about how the accused will be handled by South Korea.Somali Pirates Say They Are Subsidiary of Goldman Sachs
May 3, 2010 The pirate leader acknowledged that they merged their operations with Goldman in late 2008 to take advantage of the more relaxed regulations governing bankers as opposed to pirates, "plus to get our share of the bailout money."
15 or Not, Alleged Pirate Will Be Tried as Adult
Apr 22, 2009 Whether or not Abduwali Abukhadir Muse is 15, as his father claims, he will be tried in New York as an adult for his alleged role in holding an American ship captain as a hostage. Muse's mother, on the other side of the world, has asked President Obama for mercy, or to at least let her be with her son.
Piracy of Africa [A Cartoon From Jordan]
Apr 16, 2009
The Pirates Might Prefer Fish to Guns
Apr 15, 2009 Obama's promise that the U.S. and its allies will put an end to Indian Ocean piracy had the forceful ring to it that good American citizens like to hear, but half the NATO navies aren't going to change the desperate circumstances that turned Somalia's fisherman into pirates.Obama Resolves to ‘Halt the Rise of Privacy’ [sic]
Apr 14, 2009 Well, he actually meant piracy, but we get the picture: President Obama followed up on this weekend's Somali pirate showdown with a salute to the crew of the Maersk Alabama and a pledge to crack down on the problem in the future. Looks like the pirate contingent is planning to take a similar tack toward American sailors.
French Parliament Nixes Web Piracy Bill
Apr 10, 2009 Sacre bleu! Some conservative members of France's parliament are probably regretting their decision to begin their Easter break a little early, as their absence allowed rival socialists to ambush an Internet piracy bill on Thursday.
Hollywood Battles Swedish Pirates
Feb 17, 2009 The founders of The Pirate Bay, one of the biggest names in file sharing, face up to two years in a hard-core Swedish prison if they can't convince a judge that their unfortunately named Web site isn't legally responsible for 115 million kronor worth of media piracy.
Team America World Police Swashbuckles With Pirates
Feb 12, 2009 A US Navy vessel boarded an alleged pirate skiff and arrested seven suspects Wednesday after a merchant ship radioed that it was under attack The USS Vella Gulf is part of a U task force launched to curb Somali piracy in the Gulf of Aden The Navy says it will hand the suspects over to Kenyan authorities.
Pirates Capture Yet Another Ship
Nov 25, 2008 A Yemeni freighter has become the 39th vessel seized by Somali pirates this year. Such hijackings have become a common occurrence off the coast of Somalia. Ship owners have called on the U.N. to police the affected waters.
