State security personnel are rarely sanctioned in Greece
Survivors on board the rusty and overloaded trawler Adriana said the coast guard failed to respond adequately when it capsized
ATEHNS: The head of Greece’s coast guard has been prosecuted over the country’s deadliest migrant shipwreck which claimed hundreds of lives, rights groups representing the survivors and victims said Friday.
“By order of the prosecutor of the court of appeal, criminal proceedings are to be brought against four senior officers of the coast guard, including its current chief,” Trifonas Kontizas, the groups said in a joint statement.
The move in connection to the 2023 sinking follows similar proceedings initiated for 17 members of the coast guard in May.
