May 2013 With the capture of so many Somalis associated with piracy off the coast of the Horn of Africa, many legal conundrums have come up. One of the more interesting involves the case of Mohammad Saaili Shibin, who served as a ransom negotiator, brokering deals between shipping companies and pirates who were demanding steep ransoms for […]
Britain earmarks $3.56M for anti-piracy
January 2013 The United Kingdom has pledged to invest $3.56 million in anti-piracy capacity building efforts in East Africa. The funds are primarily marked for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The Office has set up a Post Trial Transfer Program which aims to set up prisons in Somalia to hold pirates […]