Cutro shipwreck: Presidency of the Council of Ministers and Ministry of the Interior join the criminal proceedings as civil claimants

Undersecretary of State to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Alfredo Mantovano has instructed the State Attorney General’s Office to join the criminal proceedings following the shipwreck that occurred off the coast of Cutro on 26 February 2023, representing the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the Ministry of the Interior as civil claimants. This decision was made considering the extremely serious nature of the incident, which caused the death of at least 94 migrants as well as a high number of missing persons.

The defendants are jointly charged with the following offences: facilitation of illegal immigration; negligence causing a shipwreck; death as a result of the crime of facilitation.

The civil parties are set to join the proceedings at the hearing scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday 29 November.