SA committee to look into piracy

The Maritime Law Association of South Africa will form a committee to look at the definition of piracy as it now stands in order to make submissions to government as soon as possible. Andrew Robinson, national president of the MLA, opened its recent annual general meeting on the Natal South Coast by asking delegates to “keep an open mind” on whether or not the current definition of piracy was adequate and whether or not it needed further critical investigation and revision. “It may be that a wider definition of maritime violence not restricted to the High Seas would assist in the capture of ‘pirates’ and their successful conviction.”