Failure to prosecute pirates beggars belief, say MPs as its revealed 90% of all suspects are freed without trial

Nine out of ten piracy suspects detained
by Royal Navy and other maritime forces are released without trial

By
Ian DruryLast updated at 7:31 AM on 5th January 2012

Britain's failure to prosecute Somali pirates who attack ships, seize hostages and demand huge ransoms ‘beggars belief’, a withering Parliamentary report said today.Nine out of ten piracy suspects detained by the Royal Navy and other maritime forces in the Gulf of Aden or Indian Ocean are released without trial, according

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