Somali pirate Jama Ibrahim is to be sentenced at 0930hrs local time tomorrow, marking the first piracy case brought in the District of Columbia. Ibrahim pleaded guilty in September to various charges stemming from the takeover of Clipper Group vessel ‘Future’ in the Gulf of Aden. The takeover lasted 71 days, ending in January 2009 with the payment of US$1.7 million in ransom.
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about 15 years ago
US: First piracy conviction in Washington, DC
Somali pirate Jama Ibrahim is to be sentenced at 0930hrs local time tomorrow, marking the first piracy case brought in the District of Columbia. Ibrahim pleaded guilty in September to various charges stemming from the takeover of Clipper Group vessel ‘Future’ in the Gulf of Aden. The takeover lasted
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