Greek lawyers call for further investigation into 2023 deadly shipwreck

24/12/2024 8:19

Greek lawyers representing the survivors and victims of a deadly 2023 shipwreck said on Monday a naval court needed to examine more evidence after apreliminary investigation failed to shed light on the case.



Hundreds died on June 14, 2023, when an overcrowded fishing trawler, monitored by the Greek coastguard for several hours, capsized and sank in international waters off the southwestern Greek coastal town of Pylos.



A local naval court, which opened a criminal investigation last year, has concluded a preliminary investigation and referred the case to a chief prosecutor, the lawyers said on Monday, adding they had reviewed the evidence examined by the court so far.



"The case file contains serious gaps and omissions," they said in a statement, adding that the captain and the crew of the coastguard vessel monitoring the migrant ship had been summoned by the court, but not the coastguard officials supervising them.