9 Somali pirates sentenced to 5 years prison each

9 Somali pirates have been sentenced in Kenyan court on Tuesday to 5 years in 

prison each for their attempts to hijack the German merchant ship MV Courier in the 

Gulf of Aden in March 2009.

Even though the number of pirate attacks has decreased markedly since 2011 thanks

 to tougher security aboard vessels and increased Western naval patrols, piracy 

emanating from the Horn of Africa nation might still cost the world economy around 18 

billion U.S. dollars a year, according to a study be the World Bank.