How can other countries respond to international piracy? Solution a.) Strengthening the maritime security is important to protect the shipping and humanitarian assistance.Gunboats alone won\'t be sufficient.As the pirates can\'t be forced to walk down a plank since there is a legal vacuum to be filled. b.) The suspects should be held for court trials in the country that they come from or in the country where the seized ship comes from. c.) Else they should be held for trials in the country whose ships seized them.Or the other option is to send them for trials in the region where thry have been arrested by the local police. d.) International countries can now think of using the latest technologies to catch these pirates and to put an end to piracy. e.) Though this is not na easy task,the pirates have their vulnerabilities which need to be identified and the international governments should make use of this as their advantage and exploit them. .