Eldritch
09-06-2010, 06:25 PM
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Finland is expected to decide soon on sending the flagship of the country’s Navy, the mine carrier Pohjanmaa, to help in international efforts against pirates along the Somali coast. There is no decision yet on where pirates that are caught should be tried.
The decision is to be made in mid-September by the Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy.
However, there is uncertainty on where alleged pirates that are caught should be taken to be tried. The European Union has agreed with Kenya and the Seychelles on holding such trials, but Kenya is not accepting all of the detainees that it has been offered.
There have been reports in recent days of pirates being caught, who have later had to be released again. Päivi Kaukoranta, an official at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs says that one reason for this is the difficulty in finding a country where such trials can be organised.
She says that the possibility of bringing pirates for trial in Finland cannot be completely ruled out. **
The deployment of the Pohjanmaa would be part of the EU’s Atalanta crisis management operation, whose aim is to repulse attacks against UN food aid transport to Somalia.
Link. (http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/2010/09/decision_on_finnish_participation_in_somali_pirate _hunt_coming_soon_1959477.html)
** Oh great. As if there aren't enough Somalis already being fed, housed and clothed by the Finnish taxpayer.
And I find it a little hard to believe that those pirates would return to Somalia after they served their prison sentences. :rolleyes2:
Finland is expected to decide soon on sending the flagship of the country’s Navy, the mine carrier Pohjanmaa, to help in international efforts against pirates along the Somali coast. There is no decision yet on where pirates that are caught should be tried.
The decision is to be made in mid-September by the Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy.
However, there is uncertainty on where alleged pirates that are caught should be taken to be tried. The European Union has agreed with Kenya and the Seychelles on holding such trials, but Kenya is not accepting all of the detainees that it has been offered.
There have been reports in recent days of pirates being caught, who have later had to be released again. Päivi Kaukoranta, an official at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs says that one reason for this is the difficulty in finding a country where such trials can be organised.
She says that the possibility of bringing pirates for trial in Finland cannot be completely ruled out. **
The deployment of the Pohjanmaa would be part of the EU’s Atalanta crisis management operation, whose aim is to repulse attacks against UN food aid transport to Somalia.
Link. (http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/2010/09/decision_on_finnish_participation_in_somali_pirate _hunt_coming_soon_1959477.html)
** Oh great. As if there aren't enough Somalis already being fed, housed and clothed by the Finnish taxpayer.
And I find it a little hard to believe that those pirates would return to Somalia after they served their prison sentences. :rolleyes2: