Contemporary applications in the crime of moharebeh.

Document Type : Original Article

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Faculty of Law - Mansoura University

Abstract

The hijacking of aircraft, whatever its motives and causes, whether it is carried out by international authorities, terrorist organizations or individuals, is one of the forms of modern criminality that disturbs all humanity, terrifies security personnel and raises many regional and international problems. The hijacking of aircraft has become a phenomenon that preoccupies the minds of all humanity because of its frightening prevalence and spread. In particular, aircraft have become one of the indispensable means of transport for most human beings, and through reading the texts on hijacking of aircraft in national legislation and international conventions, we can define this phenomenon as "the illegal seizure or exercise control over it by force or threat of use of force by a person or group of persons on board an aircraft in flight.

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