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Somali Pirate Leader Arrested in Mogadishu
2014-08-20
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.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  Traditional sentence for pirates is hanging. And left there.
Posted by: Pappy   2014-08-20 08:40  

#1  Do they still keelhaul pirates?
Posted by: Steven   2014-08-20 02:40  

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