US Edition21 Greek Coast Guards, Officials, Charged in Deadly Migrant Shipwreck
- A Greek naval court charged 17 coastguard members and four officials on May 27, 2025, over a migrant shipwreck off Pylos on June 14, 2023.
- The charges follow an overcrowded fishing vessel Adriana capsizing during an attempted coastguard tow, causing deaths ranging from 82 confirmed to possibly 650 missing.
- Among those accused is the commander of the coastguard vessel LS-920, who faces charges including responsibility for the shipwreck and failure to provide aid, while several others have been charged with putting others at risk.
- Survivors alleged coastguards forced silence and delayed rescue, and legal teams called the prosecutions a significant step toward accountability for the victims.
- Greek authorities deny wrongdoing and highlight the Coast Guard's record of saving over 250,000 people, while the court will decide on trial or dismissal in coming weeks.
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17 Members of the Greek Coast Guard Charged with the Most Deadly Shipwreck in Recent Years
On 14 June 2023, an old and broken-out fishing vessel, which had left days before the Libyan coast towards Italy and in which some 750 people were stranded, sank off the coast of the south-west of the Peloponnese. Hours before the sinking, the fishing crew advised the Italian authorities of a breakdown in the engine and of the presence of seriously ill persons on board. Italy informed Frontex and the Greek Coast Guard, which appeared at the site…
21 Greek coast guards, officials, charged in deadly migrant shipwreck
More than a dozen members of Greece's coast guard and four officials have been charged in connection with a 2023 shipwreck in which as many as 650 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean Sea off the southern city of Pylos.
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