Somali man pleads guilty in DC to piracy conspiracy charges in attack on Danish ship

Published November 17, 2014

An accused Somali pirate has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy from a November 2008 attack in the Gulf of Aden on a Danish ship carrying cargo from a U.S. company.

Speaking through an interpreter, Jama Idle Ibrahim entered his guilty plea in U.S. District Court on Wednesday to conspiracy to commit piracy and conspiracy to use a firearm in a crime of violence. The agreement stipulates that Ibrahim will serve 25 years in prison, but a judge could alter the terms during sentencing.

Prosecutors say it represents the first plea for a piracy-related offense in the District of Columbia.

No sentencing date has been set.

Ibrahim also pleaded guilty last month to piracy-related charges for attacking a U.S. Navy ship.

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