WHY DON'T WE HANG PIRATES ANYMORE?

This year, Somalia-based pirates have attacked more than 90 ships, seized more than 35 and currently hold 17.

Billions of dollars worth of cargo have been seized. Some 280 crew members are being held hostage and 2 have been killed. A multinational naval force has attempted to secure a corridor in the Gulf of Aden, through which 12 percent of the total volume of seaborne oil passes, and U.S., British and Indian naval ships have engaged the pirates by force.

Yet, the number of attacks keeps rising. The problem is that we don't know what do with captured pirates... [snip]

Under Article 110 of the U.N.'s Law of the Sea Convention naval ships are required to send over a boarding party to find out if pirates are in fact pirates...

[yeah, we want to be part of that treaty]

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