两名索马里海盗在将一名美国记者扣为人质近三年后被判处30年监禁。

今年早些时候，纽约东区法院判处56岁的阿卜迪·优素福·哈桑（Abdi Yusuf Hassan）和43岁的***·塔利勒·***（Mohamed Tahlil Mohamed）犯有劫持人质、恐怖主义和枪支罪。

迈克尔·斯科特·摩尔是一名自由记者，2012年1月21日被绑架，当时他正在索马里调查海盗问题。

武装人员在加尔卡约附近包围了他的车辆，强行将他带走，并将他带到了一个偏远的地方。摩尔与几个月前被绑架的两名塞舌尔渔民关押在一起。

摩尔后来被转移到被劫持的F/V Naham III号船上，那里已经扣押了28名船员。

海盗们在劫持期间杀死了船长，并将他的尸体保存在船上的冷冻室里。

在他被囚禁的977天里，摩尔被转移到不同的地方。他晚上被锁链锁住，由武装人员看守，并不断受到威胁。

海盗强迫他制作索要赎金的生活证明视频，并向他提供了有关外界的最少信息。

在支付了赎金后，他最终于2014年9月获释。

哈桑是入籍的美国公民，当时是贾穆杜格省的内政部长。他利用自己的政府职位追踪摩尔被囚禁的情况，直接进行赎金谈判，并帮助海盗的行动。

***是一名索马里军官，担任海盗安全和武器专家的负责人，协调摩尔的行动并管理该组织的武器。

两人被捕并被带到美国接受审判。

▲图源：网络，侵权必删

英文原文

Two Somali pirates were sentenced to 30 years in prison after holding an American journalist hostage for nearly three years.



The Eastern District of New York sentenced Abdi Yusuf Hassan, 56, and Mohamed Tahlil Mohamed, 43, to be convicted of hostage-taking, terrorism, and firearms offenses earlier this year.



Michael Scott Moore, a freelance journalist, was abducted on January 21, 2012, while he was researching Piracy in Somalia.



Armed men surrounded his vehicle near Galkayo, forcibly removed him, and took him to a remote location. Moore was held alongside two Seychellois fishermen who had been kidnapped months earlier.



Moore was later transferred to the hijacked vessel F/V Naham III, where already 28 crew members were held.



The pirates had killed the ship’s captain during the hijacking and kept his body in the ship’s freezer.



Moore was moved to different locations during his 977 days in captivity. He was chained at night, guarded by armed men and was continuously threatened.



The pirates forced him to make proof of life videos demanding ransom and provided him with minimal information about the outside world.



He was finally released in September 2014 after a ransom was paid.



Hassan, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was a Minister of the Interior in Galmudug province at the time. He used his government position to track Moore’s captivity, direct ransom negotiations, and help with the pirates’ operations.



Mohamed, a Somali army officer, acted as the head of the security and weapons specialist for pirates, coordinating Moore’s movements and managing the group’s weapons.



Both men were arrested and brought to the U.S. for trial.

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