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Alleged pirates, their faces covered, are produced before the media in Mumbai, India.The Indian navy captured 28 suspected Somali pirates from a Thai fishing vessel after a brief exchange of gunfire in the Indian Ocean, Feb. 10, 2011. Rafiq Maqbool/AP/File
A US sailor assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd’s visit, board, search and seizure team greets a crew member of the Iranian-flagged fishing dhow Al Molai, Jan. 5, 2012. US military officials say the Navy has rescued an Iranian fishing boat that had been commandeered by suspected Somali pirates. US Navy/AP
Shantilal Harji Solanki, one of the seven Indian crew members of the Italian ship Enrica Ievoli, which was hijacked by Somali pirates, and were held hostage for four long months, hugs a colleague upon his arrival at the airport in Mumbai, India, May 1, 2012. Rajanish Kakade/AP
A US Navy SH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter provides support to a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team in a 7-meter rigid-hull inflatable boat, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd. The VBSS team boarded the Iranian-flagged fishing dhow Al Molai after the dhow's master claimed he was being held captive by pirates. Kidd's VBSS team detained 15 suspected pirates who were reportedly holding a 13-member Iranian crew hostage for the last two months. US Navy/AP
British Royal marines team boarding a suspected pirate skiff 420 nautical miles from the Seychelles and 350 nautical miles from the Somali coast in the Indian Ocean, November 28, 2011. Seven suspected pirates were held when a Lynx helicopter and Marine boarding team chased down two vessels after a Spanish fishing vessel came under attack from a group of pirate vessels according to the Royal Navy. Royal Navy/LA Dave Jenkins/Reuters
In this June 11, 2005 photo provided by Joe Grande, Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle are seen on a yacht in Bodega Bay, Calif. Macay and Riggle, both of Seattle, were on the yacht Quest, hijacked by Somali pirates Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 off the coast of Oman. The Macay, Riggle, and the Quest's owners, Scott and Jean Adam of California, were reportedly killed by Somali pirates on Feb. 21.
In this image made available by the Ministry of Defence in London, on Feb. 16, a naval boarding party from HMS Cornwall guards Somali pirates after their dhow was boarded in the Indian Ocean on Thursday Feb. 10. The vessel was boarded after was spotted acting suspiciously by a South Korean merchant vessel, the Yong Jin, which made a call for help to the British warship.
A Malaysian police officer brings out an accused Somali pirate, in orange shirt, from a bus at Bukit Jalil Police Station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Jan. 31, 2011. Malaysian police took custody of seven Somali pirates who were captured in the Gulf of Aden and brought to this Southeast Asian country to face a possible trial for hijacking a Malaysian-operated chemical tanker. AP
South Korean policemen lead a Somali pirate at the Busan maritime police station before the police convoyed five Somali pirates to the Namhae Maritime Police Agency for investigation in Busan, about 262 miles southeast of Seoul, on Jan. 31, 2011. Five Somali pirates were captured during a South Korean commando operation to free the 11,500-ton chemical carrier Samho Jewelry on Jan. 21. The vessel and its 21 crew members were seized by Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea on Jan. 15. Jo Jung-Ho/Yonhap/Reuters
British Royal Marines and sailors from the Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose intercept a pirate gang in the Somali basin on Oct. 14, 2010. Cyber attacks, terrorism, inter-state conflict and natural hazards are the top threats to British security, officials said, a day before a major military review due to include deep spending cuts. Terry Sewaqrd/MoD/Crown Copyright/Reuters
A Kenyan artist paints antipirate graffiti on a wooden board at the sprawling Kibera slums in Kenya's capital Nairobi, on April 22, 2010. Noor Khamis/Reuters
Somalia's Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (c.) addresses government officials as he meets released British hostages Rachel Chandler (l.) and Paul Chandler at the Presidential palace in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Nov. 14, 2010. Somali pirates released the British couple on Nov. 14 after holding them hostage for more than a year, after hijacking their 38-foot yacht Lynn Rival in the Indian Ocean off Seychelles. Feisal Omar/Reuters
This March 5, 2010 file photo, shows a helicopter from the French warship FS Nivose as it flies over Somali pirate skiffs off the Somali coast. The end of the monsoon season and the resulting calmer waters signal the beginning of the most dangerous period for ships traveling the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean. Nearly half the 47 ships hijacked off Somalia last year were taken in March and April.
The Arleigh Burke class Destroyer USS McFaul which is on a 7-month deployment in the Gulf of Aden, is seen conducting a rescue operation for Somali men and women on a drifting skiff during a routine patrol on Mar. 29, 2010. The US Navy says the warship has rescued a number of Somali refugees stranded on a skiff without food and water for four days in pirate-infested waters off the Somali coast.
Abdulahi Ahmed, a suspected Somali pirate captured by French forces in the Gulf of Aden, talks to journalists at the northern port town of Bosasso on Mar. 13, 2010. French navy officers handed over 22 suspected Somali pirates to semi-autonomous Puntland's authorities and they will be arraigned in local courts, officials said.
This Feb. 13 file photo shows a crew of US sailors and Nigerian special forces fighters preparing to board the NNS Burutu for a training exercise off the Nigerian coast. The US Navy offered training to the Nigerian navy as worries of increasingly violent pirate attacks mount along the West African coast. The 530 miles of coastline along Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, remains a lucrative target for pirates. Energy company barges and vessels crowd the waters off of the oil-rich Niger Delta, which provides the US one of its top sources for easily refined crude oil for gasoline.
This Feb. 13 file photo shows Petty Officer 3rd Class John Dawson of Franklin Furnace, Ohio (r.), helping a Nigerian special forces fighter with his gear before a training exercise onboard the USS Samuel B. Roberts off the coast of Nigeria.
Well-wishers and relatives cheer from a nearby boat which they climbed to get a view of Egyptian fishermen who escaped from Somali pirates, as they arrive back to a hero's welcome in Al-Adabeya, near Suez, in Egypt, on Aug. 23, 2009. A group of Egyptian fishermen who were kidnapped by pirates off the Somali coast four months ago and managed to overpower their captors sailed home to a hero's welcome, but some details of their dramatic escape remained a mystery. Ben Curtis/AP/File
Marines from NATO's Turkish frigate Gediz arrest suspected pirates on their skiff in the Gulf of Aden July 24, 2009. Five armed Somali pirates were caught in a high-speed chase by the NATO alliance's Turkish warship Gediz before an attack to a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden. Turkish Chief of Staff/Reuters/File
Fishing vessel Alakrana and what Spanish Ministry of Defense says are pirates (enlarged) are seen off the coast of Somalia in this image created by Spain's Defense Ministry and released on Oct. 2, 2009. Somali pirates hijacked the Spanish tuna fishing boat in the Indian Ocean, the regional government of the Basque Country, the Seychelles and a pirate spokesman said. The Alakrana, which has a crew of 36 and a home port in the Basque Country, escaped a previous pirate attack last month. The logo seen in the bottom left belongs to the Spanish Air Force flying unit that took the picture. Spain's Defense Ministry/Reuters
Shown in this May 2, 2009 file photo, military personnel standing guard over detained pirates aboard the Portuguese Corte Real frigate sailing off the coast of Somalia on May 1. The Corte Real captured 19 Somali pirates after foiling an attack on an oil tanker but released them all, NATO officials said. NATO/AFP/File
Suspected pirates keep their hands in the air as they are apprehended by the US Navy aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf in the Gulf of Aden, Somalia on Feb. 11, 2009 during a counterpiracy operation. Jason R. Zalasky/U.S. Navy photo/Reuters/File
Marines from NATO's Turkish frigate Gediz arrest suspected pirates on their skiff in the Gulf of Aden on Sept. 26, 2009. Seven armed Somali pirates were caught in a high-speed chase by the NATO alliance's warship before an attack on a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden. Turkish Chief of Staff/Reuters/File
A handout picture released by the Greek navy on April 1, 2009 shows the interception by the Greek frigate Psara of suspected Somali hijackers. Five Somali pirates attempted to hijack the Norwegian cargo ship 'SiglooTor' south of Yemen, whose crew alerted the EU-led anti-piracy mission. Greek Shipping Ministry/AFP/HO/File
Somalia's new navy forces drill on the seas during antipiracy operations on Sept. 8, 2009. Pirate-plagued Somalia has finished training 500 recruits to form the backbone of its first naval force in nearly two decades. The country currently relies on international warships to police its lawless shores under a U.N. mandate. Mohamed Sheikh Nor/AP
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The Supreme Court rejected the appeals of two groups of captured Somalis. Federal prosecutors had argued that the definition of piracy has broadened since the early 1800s.
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a series of lower-court opinions endorsing a broad view of what constitutes the crime of piracy – a move that will make it significantly easier for the government to prosecute and convict suspected Somali pirates in federal court.
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