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Spain Arraigns Somalis Suspected of Piracy
Mogadishu 14 October 2009 SMC
MADRID — Two Somali men were arraigned on kidnapping charges in a Spanish court on Tuesday in a case that underscores the legal ambiguity of trying people suspected of piracy in international waters.
The case involves the still-unresolved capture of a tuna fishing ship in the Indian Ocean. The ship, the Alakrana, was taken 12 days ago off Somalia with a crew of 36, including 16 Spaniards. Spanish naval forces captured the defendants two days later as they tried to sail away from the trawler in a skiff.
The ship remains anchored off Somalia, where the crew is reported to be well, although a leader of the pirates told Reuters that they would not negotiate until the two defendants were released.
Judge Baltazar Garzón of National Court ordered the transfer last week of the two men, whom prosecutors identified as Cabdiweli Cabdullahi and Raageggesey Hassan Haji. Mr. Haji was shot once during the Spanish Navy’s assault on their small vessel.
In transferring the men to Spain, officials have argued that it has jurisdiction because its citizens are involved and because the detention occurred outside the maritime perimeter agreed upon by the European Union as part of an operation to capture pirates and turn them over to Kenya.
On Tuesday, most of the day went to confirming whether the two men were more than 18 years old. Afterward, they were each arraigned on 36 counts of kidnapping, each carrying a penalty up to five years in prison, as well as armed assault.
The two claimed innocence and said that they, too, had been taken by the pirates, Jesús Alonso, the prosecutor in the case, said after interviewing the defendants.
When asked about the issue of jurisdiction, Mr. Alonso said each country had to act to protect its interests. “If you have to act against a crime, you can’t think of the consequences,” he said.
The Alakrana case follows similar trials in France, the Netherlands and the United States, but this is the first time Somalis suspected of piracy will face trial while the attacked ship is still being held. This is the second time a Spanish ship has been held for ransom, although the first time the ship was released after less than a week and reportedly after a ransom of more than $1 million was paid.
Before an agreement signed in March with Kenya, most piracy cases were tried in the country where a ship is registered.
The agreement between Kenya and other parties — including the European Union, the United States and Denmark — provides a temporary fix to the lack of an international legal framework to capture, prosecute and jail pirates for crimes on international waters or in countries like Somalia that lack their own working judicial system, analysts said.
“There is a lot of gray area in terms of a legal system and jurisdiction, and obviously with each navy and national laws,” said Cyrus Mody, manager of the International Maritime Bureau, a London-based division of the International Chamber of Commerce. “Pirates caught carrying out an attack have to be tried. That is the only agreement. Where exactly the pirates are tried is a matter of individual countries.”
Kenya gets financial help to centralize the pirate prosecution program. “It is a lot cheaper to hand the pirates over to Kenya,” Mr. Mody said.
Source: New York Times
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