Friday, May 07, 2010
"In the condition of the prolonged absence of a capable central government in Somalia, the navies of different countries use several options to decide on the fate of the Somali pirates they capture," expert of the Institute of the Middle East Vladimir Kudelev told Itar-Tass.
As a rule, these men are "either handed over for trial and subsequent imprisonment to the authorities of the Seychelles, Kenya, or in a number of cases, to the authorities of Somaliland and Puntland, the self-proclaimed areas of Somalia.
Sometimes they are set free after the confiscation of the tools of their dangerous trade--fast-speed boats, factory ships, communication equipment and weapons.
For example, the Russian Navy handed over seven detainees suspected of piracy to the authorities of the Somaliland, a semi-autonomous region in northern Somalia. The expert said this information about the handover had not been on official news bulletins.
According to spokesman of the Investigations Committee under the Prosecutor General's Office (SKP) Vladimir Markin, the pirates are to be brought to Moscow for questioning and arraigning.
Source: Indian Express