Somalian pirates king arrested at Belgium Zaventem Airport.(HLN)[GoogleTranslate].
The federal prosecutor confirms that the federal police arrested Mohammed Abdi Hassan, nicknamed Afweyne Saturday at Brussels Airport. The man is considered one of the most notorious and powerful Somali pirate leaders and would have had his hand in the hijacking of a range of vessels, including the hijacking of the Belgian stone dumping vessel Pompei's. The ship and its crew were seventy days hostage in 2009. They were only released after the owner had paid A ransom of 2 million.
Mohamed Abdi Hassan was arrested and cuffed when he arrived on a flight from Nairobi (Kenya). At Zaventem He was transferred to Bruges, where the investigating judge put him in custody.
What the man was doing in Belgium and how Belgian court has come on his track is still unclear. The federal prosecutor will explain at a press conference this afternoon at 16:00 at the premises of the federal prosecutor in Brussels Wolstraat.
In UN reports cited as the most notorious and powerful pirate in recent years the Afweyne and his son have terrorized the coasts of Somalia Since 2005, he would have earned with the hijacking of ships Millions of dollars with his band of pirates Afweyne declared to stop piracy at a press conference early last year to go in politics.