M/V Guanabara: Japan’s First Trial on Piracy under the Anti-Piracy Act
5 August 2015 | by Admin
This article analyses the Tokyo High Court’s decision of 18 December 2013 in the M/V Guanabara case, which was Japan’s first case on piracy under the Anti-Piracy Act of 2009. It was an appeal submitted by two Somali pirates, who were seized by US forces and transferred to Japan where they were convicted by the …More