A Precedent or a Farce? Court Faces Daunting Hurdles in Hamburg Pirate Trial

A Hamburg court is trying to make sense of a pirate attack off the coast of Somalia last April. But even as many hope the trial will produce a precedent for Europe's approach to high seas crime, the court can't even figure out how old the suspects are. The challenges to justice are immense.

Von SPIEGEL ONLINE Staff