• Mousy [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 day ago

    Still, one of its citizens was kidnapped in an international act of piracy.

    If it’s an act of piracy then does that change possible jurisdiction? I skimmed through some articles and it seems like law around international waters is rather messy and ill-defined.

    • edge [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      11 hours ago

      From a quick search, it seems like international piracy has universal jurisdiction. So any country could prosecute I guess. I imagine countries have laws regarding piracy committed against vessels under their flag or committed against their citizens, but that’s per country so it depends on UK and/or Swedish law.

      But it also seems like the legal definition of piracy includes “private”, so maybe state actions don’t technically fall under piracy law (despite clearly being piracy)?