Statement by the U.S. State Department on the Sentencing of Somali Pirates Involved in the Attack on the S/V QUEST

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2013.  The Department of State welcomes the August 2 sentencing of three Somali pirates in the Federal District Court of Virginia for the February 2011 murder of four abducted American citizens Scott Adam, Jean Adam, Phyllis Macay, and Robert Riggle aboard the yacht QUEST off the coast of East Africa. These individuals will serve life sentences in prison, joining over 1,000 pirates operating in the region that have been brought to justice…