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Foriegn Security Team to Face Trial in Somalia February 6, 2012

Posted by Chris Mark in Industry News, Piracy & Maritime Security, Risk & Risk Management.
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SomaliaReport published a story today which said that six men arrested in May, 2010 for bringing $3.6 Million into Somalia as a ransom payment for a hijacked vessel will be in Banadir Court on Thursday to face charges.  The six, one American, three Britons, and two Kenyans have been held at the airport since their arrest 9 months ago.  According to the story, the money was to be used for the release of two vessels, the MV Suez and MV Yuan Xiang.

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