The US Department of Justice announced that a Somalian pirate was sentenced to life, plus 10 years in prison, for engaging in piracy and committing other offenses pertaining to the attack, on a U.S. Navy ship, in April 2010.
The 31-year-old Mohamed Farah, of Somalia, was convicted by a federal jury in February 2013. According to court documents, Farah, along with five co-conspirators, attacked the “USS Ashland” vessel, on April 10, 2010. Four of Farah’s co-conspirators were also sentenced for their roles in the attack.
These defendants had also previously gone to sea in February 2010, with the purpose of capturing another vessel for ransom, but were instead, intercepted by the HMS Chatham of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy, the US DoJ informed.
This case was investigated by the FBI and the NCIS.