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Another issue must also be noted, these marines came back to India voluntarily, when they really didn't have to.
Still, whether India chooses to punish them to the fullest extent of the law is up to them and Italy has no say in the matter anymore.
I do have to point out though, the Italians aren't actually against the trial itself, they're against the anti-piracy laws being used to charge the marines; it's basically saying the marines are terrorists is what the Italians are accusing the Indians of trying to do.
No sir, these marines refused to come back after they were allowed to go back to Italy on bail. India threatened to arrest the Ambassador of Italy and Italy had to send them back to face the trial. The delay in trial was because Italy refused to cooperate in the trial. Voice and navigational data on the ship was destroyed, the crew refused to cooperate with the police.
Truth is that NATO has been increasing it's presence in the Indian Ocean under the garb of "Anti Piracy" operations. And India wants to send a clear message to them. Recently a US ship laden with illegal weapons was caught by our coast guard. Such incidences must be taken seriously by all Asian countries. We know what happened when Europe took control of the trade routes during the 17th century.