unfortunately not only the netherlands release them. Also the Germans,the US.... did exactly the same several times.
no wonder you see this catched pirate smiling all over his face. if i would be a pirate i guess i would be laughing too when you can see how stupid the so called “western” world behaves. just for the record. we send them financial aid to buy weapons, we send them food to feed the pirates of tomorrow.. and finaly we send them unarmed ships (protected by our proud navys who are not allowed to do anything) to make buisness.
sure you could let the pirates go, but first fire a few
rounds into their outboard engines and into the hull. They
either paddle real fast or go down with their ship.