2 Somali pirates receive 30 years in prison for the kidnapping of an American journalist held hostage for 977 days Blogging Sole

Two Somali pirates sentenced to 30 years in prison for kidnapping American journalist Michael Scott Moore and held him hostage for 977 days, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Moore, a freelance journalist, traveled to Somalia in 2012 to study piracy and the country’s economy. On January 21, he was kidnapped by several heavily armed men and … Read more