A Somali captured last month after U.S. Navy commandos freed an American cargo-ship captain held by pirates off the Horn of Africa was indicted by a U.S. grand jury. The 10-count indictment against Abduwali Muse charges him with piracy, violence ...
Read More »A 21st century pirate faces 19th century law
Abduwali Muse won’t suffer the fate of pirates convicted in colonial New York if he’s found guilty of hijacking a U.S.-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden. He won’t be executed, tarred, stuck in an iron frame and strung ...
Tagged with: Abduwali Muse piracy pirates
Read More »Maersk cook sues over job in ‘pirate-infested’ waters
A cargo-ship steward who was taken hostage by Somali pirates sued Waterman Steamship Corp. and Maersk Line Ltd. for sending him into what he called “pirate-infested waters” without adequate protection. Richard E. Hicks, 53, who was chief steward preparing food ...
Tagged with: Maersk Line Ltd. pirates Waterman Steamship Corp.
Read More »