Somali pirates face seven years in jail

Five suspected Somali pirates, currently on trial in Rotterdam, should be jailed for seven years, the public prosecution department said on Wednesday.


The five are charged with taking over a Dutch merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden 18 months ago.
The maximum sentence for piracy in the Netherlands is 12 years.
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