Six Somali men accused of hijacking a sailboat in 2008 and holding the husband-and-wife crew in the hope of a multimillion-dollar ransom went on trial Tuesday in Paris. The trial is the first in France to judge alleged pirates, who have made a business of capturing foreign vessels around the Gulf of Aden and elsewhere.
November 17, 2011 at 12:00 AM
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Six Somali men went on trial in a Paris court Tuesday accused of hijacking a sailboat in 2008, and holding the husband-and-wife crew hostage in the hope of a multimillion-dollar ransom.
The trial is the first in France to judge alleged pirates, who have made a lucrative business of capturing foreign vessels around the Gulf of Aden and elsewhere.
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