18:25 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nA US grand jury has indicted a Somali man accused of negotiating ransom on behalf of a band of pirates who captured a Danish cargo vessel.<\/p>\n
Ali Mohamed Ali, 48, was charged with four piracy charges and faces life in prison if convicted.<\/p>\n
Pirates captured the CEC Future in November 2008, with Mr Ali later negotiating a $1.7m (\u00a31) ransom to free the ship and crew, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n
He was arrested on Wednesday at Dulles International Airport in Washington DC.<\/p>\n
“This case shows our resolve to prosecute pirates and those who profit from crimes on the high seas,” US Attorney Ronald Machen said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“Those who negotiate and collect these ransoms are every bit as responsible for these crimes as the pirates who commandeer the ships.”<\/p>\n
Washington arrest<\/span><\/p>\nA team of pirates armed with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades approached the CEC Future in a high speed skiff in the Gulf of Aden in November 2008, according to the indictment released on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The pirates boarded the ship, captured the crew and took control, sailing her to the Somali coast where they dropped anchor, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n
Mr Ali boarded the ship, which was carrying American cargo, at least two days later, and soon made contact with the CEC Future’s Danish owners, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n
He initially demanded $7m (\u00a34.2m) ransom, but in January agreed to accept $1.7m, which the pirates received.<\/p>\n
The pirates then left the ship, freeing it and the crew, prosecutor said.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors said Mr Ali had previously lived in Washington DC.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the US attorney’s office in Washington declined to offer more details about the circumstances of his arrest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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