The Netherlands To Prosecute More Pirates

The Dutch attorney general has decided to prosecute 5 alleged Somali pirates, who were apprehended by HNLMS Amsterdam last week.

These 5 men are being suspected of hijacking the South African yacht Choizil, as well as the abduction of 2 South Africans on board the yacht on November 7. One person on board the yacht escaped and provided valuable information about the hijackers.
The 5 men were part of a group of 20, picked up by HNLMS Amsterdam during two seperate actions on 19 and 24 November.

And while there have been talks with South Africa about the suspects, they where apparently unable or unwilling to try these men, who are now being flown to the Netherlands with a KDC-10 from the Dutch air force.

Earlier this year a Dutch judge sent 5 Somali men to prison for hijacking a Netherlands Antilles flagged vessel.
But this will be the first time that a western nation will prosecute pirates that attacked a foreign-flagged vessel in the Somali bassin.