Ten pirates sentenced to 5 years in prison in Yemen

A court in Aden province (Yemen) on Sunday sentenced 10 pirates to five years in prison. Three other suspects were released for lack of evidence, we learn from the Yemeni press.

This brings to at least 280, according to the "Pirates" database in Brussels2, the number of pirates convicted over the past two years. At least 162 were in Puntland, 32 in Yemen, 27 in Somaliland (*), 43 in Kenya, 11 in the Seychelles. While 5 were convicted in the Netherlands. The sentences generally range between 5 and 10 years in prison, more rarely above (15, 17 or 20 years in prison). Two death sentences have been pronounced, both recently, one in Yemen (against 6 pirates in May), the other in Puntland (against 1 pirate).

(*) These figures are subject to caution and to permanent revision.

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