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Greek court charges 17 coast guard officers over 2023 migrant shipwreck, say sources
- Seventeen coast guard personnel have been formally accused by a Greek naval tribunal in connection with the migrant boat disaster off Pylos on June 14, 2023, involving the heavily overcrowded vessel Adriana.
- The charges stem from a national investigation into the incident where the Adriana capsized after being monitored by a coast guard vessel for 15 hours, with accusations including causing a shipwreck and obstructing transport.
- The shipwreck involved about 750 people fleeing Libya for Italy, resulted in only 104 survivors, and caused hundreds of deaths, prompting protests and a February recommendation for disciplinary action against eight officers.
- A Greek coast guard official noted the service has not been officially informed about charges but requested a briefing, while human rights activists plan June 21 rallies marking the shipwreck's second anniversary.
- The prosecution marks an important move toward holding officials accountable amid Greece’s assertions that its coast guard upholds human rights standards and has aided more than a quarter of a million individuals since 2015.
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The decision to prosecute the 17 Hellenic Coast Guards, accused of having caused the shipwreck which caused more than 650 deaths in 2023, is historic. It recognizes, in watermark, the responsibility of the Greek State.
Just under two years after the sinking of a refugee boat in the Mediterranean with more than 600 deaths, charges have been filed against 17 employees of the Greek Coast Guard.
In June 2023 hundreds of migrants drowned in front of Greece. Reports of survivors and international researches suggested serious mistakes of the Coast Guard. Now the involved officials are threatened with consequences.
Greek court charges 17 coast guard officers over 2023 migrant shipwreck, say sources
A Greek naval court has charged 17 coast guard officers over one of the Mediterranean's worst shipwrecks two years ago, in which hundreds of people are believed to have drowned, three sources said on Friday.
The Coast Guard did not respond adequately when the ship sank two years ago, according to the lawyers of survivors.
Seventeen members of the Greek Coast Guard have been convicted of the most deadly shipwreck of immigrants in the country, which took place in June 2023, and which claimed hundreds of lives, according to AFP, which cites human rights organizations representing survivors and victims. According to the survivors, the Coast Guard took too long to respond when the boat Adriana, a fisher who was rusty and overloaded, sank in front of Pilos, in southern…
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