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Main article Greenpeace#Sailormongering Charge
In 2002, the United States Justice Department invoked a law that was enacted to prevent sailormongering in 1872 to attempt to prosecute Greenpeace for boarding a ship that was smuggling illegal goods. The case garnered widespread ridicule and was dismissed on the second day of the trial.
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