National / Crime & Legal Apr 13, 2013

Final Somali pirate slapped with 11-year term

by Masami Ito and Tomohiro Osaki

The Tokyo District Court on Friday convicted a Somali national and sentenced him to 11 years imprisonment for attempting to hijack a Japan-operated oil tanker off the coast of Oman in March 2011. He is the last of four Somali men brought to Japan to ...