| Abstrakt: |
As is the case on land and on the high seas, in airspace a large variety of criminal offences may be committed; they may be offences in and on board aircraft as well as offences against or with the use of them. The exceptional circumstances of air transportation, where international borders are crossed at very high speed, in a practically isolated and relatively fragile vessel, do however lead to a situation which, from the primarily land-oriented perspective of criminal law enforcement, leads to an absolutely unique situation. As an illustration of this, the authors of this article briefly introduce a number of recent incidents in which the Dutch authorities were confronted with questions of criminal law enforcement related to aircraft. On the basis of these examples, they provide a short, general overview of the applicable legal framework, in which they sketch the background and role of some international instruments (Conventions of Chicago, Tokyo, The Hague and Montréal), as well of some relevant national provisions of criminal law and procedure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
