MOGADISHU -- A Somali police official says security forces arrested a senior pirate commander in Mogadishu. Capt. Mohamed Hussein said Monday that Mohamed Garfanji, considered to be the second-ranking leader of Somalia's pirate industry, was arrested in Mogadishu Sunday for possessing illegal arms
...like getting Al Capone on tax evasion... | and other charges related to piracy.
"You're under arrest for being a pirate. Cuff 'im, Md. Joe." | Garfanji is the second top pirate leader arrested. Belgium arrested pirate kingpin Mohamed Abdi Hassan last year with a trick which lured him to Belgium to work on a documentary about piracy.
The arrest comes as the Somali government continues a disarmament campaign in Mogadishu that has seen hundreds of guns seized. |