The court said the country lacked jurisdiction in the case, in which nine Egyptians were charged with smuggling, because the ship sank in international waters. What comes next is unclear.
Tag: Maritime Crime
Grenada Prison Escapees Are Charged With Murder of American Couple
The couple, Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brandel, went missing while sailing off the coast of Grenada.
U.S. Warns of Environmental Damage if Vessel Struck by Houthis Sinks
The damaged ship, called the Rubymar, is carrying a large amount of fertilizer and is slowly taking on water, the military said.
Yeats and Beckett, Guarding the Irish Coast From Drug Runners
The Irish Navy’s small fleet of warships may be named for celebrated poets and playwrights, but its mission is anything but whimsical, as a record seizure of cocaine from a cargo ship showed.
High Seas Deception: How Shady Ships Use GPS to Evade International Law
A technology enabling the transmission of fake locations to carry out murky or even illegal business operations could have profound implications for the enforcement of international law.
How Shady Ships Use GPS to Evade International Law
A technology enabling the transmission of fake locations to carry out murky or even illegal business operations could have profound implications for the enforcement of international law.
Piracy Surges in Gulf of Mexico, Prompting U.S. Warning
There have been scores of attacks in Mexican waters, taxing the country’s overstretched security forces.
2 North Koreans Tried to Defect. Did Seoul Send Them to Their Deaths?
The repatriation of two squid fishermen, to what rights activists said was a certain execution in North Korea, has incited outrage in the South.