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Denmark to Compensate Suspected Bunker Pirates
The Denmark public prosecutor's office has ordered that nine suspected Somali pirates be compensated 19,600 Danish crowns ($3,247) after having waited too long to be brought before a judge, reports Reuters.
Danish law states that citizens cannot be held for more than 24 hours without appearing in front of a judge.
The suspects were arrested and charged with piracy by the Royal Danish Navy last year after an attempted hijacking of a Torm-owned tanker ship in the western part of the Indian Ocean.
After being detained for 13 days, the individuals appeared in front of a judge through a video link, where they were then declared not guilty.
A spokesman from the prosecutor's office in Copenhagen said that the compensation was not related to the group's innocence.
In general, global piracy incidents have been down this year, though a report from the International Maritime Bureau noted a "worrying rise" of piracy attacks in Southeast Asia.
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