PARIS (Reuters) - Six suspected Somali pirates captured by French troops in Somalia last year lost an appeal on Monday in which they argued that their arrest and transfer to France were unauthorised, a court source said.| Just breaks the heart, doesn't it ... |
They argued that they had been arrested and transferred without the proper judicial steps or authorisation by the Somali state. The fractured Somali government has said it does not have the resources to tackle the problem of piracy.
| Most Somalis are trying to get into the West, guys. You made it, just not the way you hoped ... |
In October last year, French forces captured nine suspected pirates at sea and handed them over to Somali security forces because the operation did not involve any French victims. The men were seized by French troops in the Somali desert after fleeing with part of the $2 million (1.4 million pounds) ransom.