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The Netherlands should work with the international community to establish a special international tribunal to prosecute pirates, say Dutch experts in international law. The current system, under which pirates are only prosecuted if there is a national interest at stake for the arresting country, is just not working.
Somali pirates - and the international community's frustrated attempts to stop them - have been dominating the news for weeks. So when word came last weekend that the Dutch navy had succeeded in not just foiling a hijack attempt but in apprehending the hijackers as well, it seemed like very good news indeed.
