Kenya sends strong signal with 20-year sentences for pirates

HANDOVER: A suspected Somali pirates is handed over to a Kenyan police officer by a masked Spanish Commando in May 2009. Some 117 suspected pirates are awaiting prosecution in Kenya out of a total of 400 suspected pirates facing trial in various states.

A RASH of piracy prosecutions are expected to be concluded imminently in Kenya, clearing some of the backlog of an estimated 400 suspected pirates facing trial in various states internationally.

A Kenyan court sentenced eight Somalis to...

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