Commandos from the 'Floreal', a French frigate arrest nine Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, in this January 27, 2009 photo. REUTERS/French Navy/ECPAD/HandoutHistoric Somali Piracy Trial In US Wrapping Up As German One Opens -- Christian Science Monitor
The Somali piracy trials, the first in centuries, have shed light on counterpiracy efforts. But some say the trials will not deter pirates, who have hijacked 37 ships in 2010 alone.
The first piracy trial in the US since the Civil War is nearing a conclusion this week, as Germany's first such trial in hundreds of years opens.
The trials add legal heft to multinational efforts to curb Somali pirates that have hijacked 37 ships, taken 700 hostages, and killed or hurt 12 people this year alone. But some experts doubt such trials will be much of a deterrent.
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