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Greek legal representatives require further investigation into 2023 lethal shipwreck

Greek lawyers representing the survivors and victims of a lethal 2023 shipwreck stated on Monday a naval court needed to take a look at more evidence after a. initial investigation failed to clarify the case.

Hundreds passed away on June 14, 2023, when an overcrowded fishing. trawler, kept track of by the Greek coastguard for several hours,. capsized and sank in global waters off the southwestern. Greek seaside town of Pylos.

A local marine court, which opened a criminal examination. in 2015, has concluded an initial investigation and. referred the case to a primary district attorney, the legal representatives stated on. Monday, adding they had evaluated the proof analyzed by the. court up until now.

The case file consists of severe gaps and omissions, they. stated in a declaration, including that the captain and the team of the. coastguard vessel keeping track of the migrant ship had actually been summoned. by the court, but not the coastguard authorities supervising them.

Evidence, consisting of the record of interactions between the. authorities involved in the operation, was not consisted of in the. case file, they included.

The lack of any examination into the duties. of the skilled search and rescue bodies and the leadership of. the Greek coastguard is deafening, they said.

The primary district attorney will decide if and how the probe will. development.

Under Greek law, district attorneys are not allowed to talk about. continuous investigations.

The vessel, which had actually set off from Libya, was bring up to. 700 Pakistani, Syrian and Egyptian migrants bound for Italy. Just 104 individuals were rescued and 82 bodies found.

Greece's coastguard has actually rejected any role in the sinking,. which was among the most dangerous boat disasters in the. Mediterranean Sea.

(source: Reuters)