In a rare instance of criminal justice becoming an international reality, a French court on Wednesday convicted five Somali men of piracy for hijacking a sailboat and holding a French couple for ransom.
Piracy in the seas off Somalia has become so common it is hardly even newsworthy anymore, except to those who fall victim to it. Although the French couple crewing that boat were safely rescued, pirates are still holding 243 hostages and 10 ships for ransom; this year alone there have been
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