Two Somali pirates were sentenced to three decades in prison over the kidnapping of an American journalist held in captivity for nearly 1,000 days, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

Two Somali men who prosecutors called pirates were sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday in the 2012 kidnapping of an American journalist who was held hostage for over two years.

According to the complaints, indictments, evidence at trial, and statements made in public court proceedings, says the U.S. Department of Justice, in January 2012 Moore, a freelance journalist, traveled to Somalia to research piracy and the Somali economy.

A pair of Somali pirates were each sentenced to 30 years in prison for holding American journalist Michael Scott Moore hostage from January 2012 to September 2014.

Two Somali pirates have been sentenced to 30 years in prison for kidnapping American journalist Michael Scott Moore and holding him hostage for 977 days, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Moore, a freelance journalist,

Two Somali men will spend 30 years in prison for the kidnapping of an American journalist, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said Tuesday. In a press release, the attorney’s office said that U.