[Onkel Neal]

US unveils plan to tackle piracy

The US four-point plan includes sending an envoy to the Somali donors' conference in Brussels on 23 April to work on plans to improve the situation in Somalia.
She said the US would work with the Contact Group on Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to expand the multinational response to piracy.
She called for states to take responsibility for prosecuting and imprisoning captured pirates.

"These pirates are criminals, they are armed gangs on the sea, and those plotting attacks must be stopped." She called for continued work releasing captured vessels, as several ships and their crews remain in the hands of pirates.

On Wednesday the Greek maritime ministry announced that a Greek cargo ship and its 24 crew, held by pirates since mid-March, had been released.
She also said the international group had to consider ways to track and freeze pirate assets.
"It is time to eliminate the financial payoff of piracy," she told reporters.

In other words, nothing.