UN approves anti-piracy resolution

27.04.2010 The UN Security Council approved a Russian proposal to consider piracy as crime on Tuesday. Earlier, pirates couldn't be prosecuted due to the absence of legislature in this respect. The Council asked UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to work out a report on measures for the legal prosecution of pirates, namely it is proposed to create an international court or a tribunal. According to reports, last year Somali pirates seized 47 vessels and got 82 mln dollars in ransom.