After a thorough review of his case, the Tanzanian was recently referred for criminal prosecution in the Southern District of New York pursuant to a March 12, 2001 indictment against him. Ghailani was transferred from the custody of the US Department of Defence to the Southern District of New York by America’s Marshals Service. He is currently in custody at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in New York, which has housed numerous terror suspects over the years during their prosecutions in the city’s Southern District.
Alijificha kwenye karavati Kwa mujibu wa taarifa za vyombo mbalimbali vya habari vya kimataifa, Kanali Gaddafi alidhibitiwa baada ya kukutwa amejificha katika karavati la barabarani, yeye pamoja na baadhi ya walinzi wake. Kwa upande wake, kamanda wa wapiganaji wa baraza hilo, Abdul Hakim Belhaj pia alithibitisha kuwa Kanali Gaddafi alifariki dunia kutokana na majeraha aliyoyapata baada ya kukamatwa.