Nigeria convicts first pirates under new maritime law

LAGOS - A Nigerian court made the first convictions under a new anti-piracy law, giving hope to the world’s shipping fleets that legal reforms will help stem rising attacks in the Gulf of Guinea.

The three men fined by the court in Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s oil hub, on Tuesday were among nine accused of hijacking the tanker MV Elobey VI off Equatorial Guinea in March and securing a $200,000 ransom for the crew. It accounts for over 90% of maritime kidnappings globally, according to the International Maritime Bureau , with attacks on everything from oil platforms to fishing vessels.

Previously, attackers rarely faced judicial consequences as piracy was not illegal under Nigerian law.

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