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The Greek coastguard is accused by rights activists of causing the shipwreck as it attempted to tow the migrant vessel ouof Greece's zone of responsibility. As many as 700 people are believed to have been on board. Only 104 survived
The trial of nine accused smugglers has opened in Greece, nearly a year after a migrant trawler with hundreds on board sank off the country's coast in one of Europe's deadliest shipwrecks. The rusty and overloaded trawler Adriana sank on the night of 13-14 June 2023, carrying more than 750 people, according to the UN. Only 82 bodies were found. Nine Egyptian men - who were among the 104 survivors - are in court in Kalamata, southwestern Greece, to answer charges including negligent homicide,
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More than 100 survivors were rescued and 82 bodies were recovered. The United Nations says around 500 more people on board perished in one of the deadliest boat accidents in the Mediterranean. The nine defendants were on board the Adriana and charged with migrant smuggling, causing a shipwreck and participating in a criminal organisation
A Greek judge dismissed a case Tuesday against nine Egyptian men accused of causing a shipwreck that killed hundreds of migrants last year and sent shockwaves through the European Union's border protection and asylum operations, after a prosecutor told the court Greece lacked jurisdiction.