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the definition give to prate under international law is wider.
art. 101 of UNCLOS defines it as:
(a) any illegal acts of violence or detention, or any act of
depredation, committed for private ends by the crew or the
passengers of a private ship or a private aircraft, and directed:
(i) on the high seas, against another ship or aircraft, or
against persons or property on board such ship or aircraft;
(ii) against a ship, aircraft, persons or property in a place
outside the jurisdiction of any State;
(b) any act of voluntary participation in the operation of a ship or
of an aircraft with knowledge of facts making it a pirate ship or
aircraft;
(c) any act of inciting or of intentionally facilitating an act
described in subparagraph (a) or (b).
while drug smuggling in and of it's self doesn't fall under the definition.
one could make the argument that by smuggling drugs they are facilitating acts of criminal violence. while those acts of criminal violence might happen on land the act of smuggling is on the high seas and thus can constitute an act as defined by c
I'd not give it a great chance of convincing a judge. but I've seen worse arguments get trough a primary judge and even appeal courts
