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Old 23rd Feb 2012, 10:26
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Airborne Aircrew:
PTT:
It's not justice in either country, apparently.
I'm glad that's cleared up then... Just two countries in the world... It should fix all the visa/passport and currency issues..
If you spend more time researching the issue and less time deciding which sarcastic smiley to use you'd know that piracy in international waters is punishable under the jurisdiction of the nation who capture the pirates:
One of the oldest, clearest and least controversial rules of international law is that any country can prosecute any pirates they happen to apprehend.
Piracy and International Law
So that makes UK and US law rather relevant.
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