NATO spokesman Lieutenant Commander Alexandre Santos Fernandes stated that since there was no Canadian law that could have prosecuted the pirates, they had to be released.
NATOの広報担当者アレクサンドル・サントス・フェルナンデス少佐は、海賊を起訴を可能にするカナダの法律がないので、彼らを釈放せざるを得なかったと語った。