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Italian Officials on Trial Over Deadly Migrant Shipwreck
CUTRO, CALABRIA, ITALY, JUL 21 – Six officers face multiple manslaughter charges for alleged negligence in a migrant shipwreck that killed more than 90 people, one of Italy's deadliest maritime disasters.
- An Italian judge ordered six police and coastguard officials to stand trial for negligence related to a 2023 migrant shipwreck near Cutro that killed over 90 people.
- The order followed a prosecutorial probe that requires judicial permission to hold a formal trial, with the shipwreck possibly caused by neglect, according to reports.
- The accused include two coastguard officers and four Guardia di Finanza police members facing multiple manslaughter charges for mishandling rescue operations involving a wooden sailboat from Turkey.
- Three people were convicted last year for aiding illegal immigration causing migrant deaths and sentenced to up to 16 years in jail, while Matteo Salvini condemned the trial decision, calling it 'SHAME' on social media.
- The trial is due to start in January, highlighting tensions around accountability for migrant rescues and the risks officials face during such operations.
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In the shipwreck in February 2023 in Calabria 94 migrants died (35 minors).Financers and Coast Guard operators accused for multiple manslaughter.The six military, four of the Finance Guard and two of the Coast Guard, involved in the disaster, were sent back to trial...
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der Standard DEBecause no one had hurried to the aid of a boat accident on the Calabrian coast in 2023, six officials soon have to answer to the judge.
The men under trial are challenged the crimes of manslaughter and multiple manslaughter in relation to the non-activation, the night of the shipwreck, the Sar, the Plan for the search and the rescue at sea
The beginning of the trial, before the Court of Crotone, was scheduled for 14 January.
Italian Officials on Trial Over Deadly Migrant Shipwreck
Six Italian officials are being tried for negligence in a 2023 migrant shipwreck near Cutro, which killed over 90 people. The trial follows allegations of mishandled operations during the disaster. An earlier case convicted three individuals for aiding illegal immigration related to the tragedy.
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