Hamburg Municipal Court on Monday (22 days) trial of 10 Somali pirates.
The 10 pirates were charged in April this year, 900 km from the Somali coast (560 miles) an attempt to seize a German freighter.
Was on patrol through a Dutch naval vessels exchanged fire, the back short of being pirates hijacked the German cargo ship, and then handed over to German authorities, these pirates.
This is a 400 years for the first time trial in Hamburg on piracy cases. 400 years ago, the penalty for this offense is death, usually beheaded.
Of course, now that the pirates will not be beheaded 10 of the death penalty, if convicted, they will still face up to 15 years in prison.
Accept the beginning of a trial of such cases are rare, because usually the release of the pirates will be on the spot, and in most cases to ensure they have access to millions in ransom in exchange for their hijacked cargo.
International Maritime Bureau said 23 ships are still controlled by Somali pirates.
According to the analysis of insurance industry experts, some shipping companies are now required to pay 15,000 dollars each voyage, the insurance costs, for a ransom of $ 5,000,000 guaranteed risk.
Beyond this, the negotiations with the pirates and the use of helicopters to deliver the ransom to the need to spend millions of dollars.
For Somali pirates, this sale is clearly low risk and high returns, so in this case for Hamburg to prevent pirate attacks is very limited
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