Heavy responsibilities with criminal extensions is attributed to senior Coast Guard – Greek Coast Guard (CSF – ELAKT) Ombudsman in the finding of his research on the multi -wreck in Pylos. In particular, the finding attributes to eight senior and senior Port Authority Officers “A Series of Serious and Envlies” which “constitute clear evidence for the constitution of the deadly report, as well as the exposure to life, health and physical integrity “Adriana”, under Article 306 CC, during the management of the incident on 13th and 14th June 2023. “
Indeed, according to information from the “NEWS” among the eight includes the Chief of the Coast Guard – Greek Coast Guard, whose term was renewed while the investigation was ongoing.
The 148 -page report by the Independent Authority was forwarded to the Minister of Maritime and Island Policy on the exercise of disciplinary jurisdiction and to the competent Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Piraeus Maritime Court, for the evaluation of the objective and subjective status of the relevant criminal offenses.
FRONTEX report
It should be noted that Citizen Ombudsman Andreas Pottakis decided to investigate the multi -day shipwreck, with the special competence of the National Investigation Investigation Mechanism in November 2023, and after a denial of the leadership of the Port Authority. In the meantime, the official report on the shipwreck by Frontex, of the European Coast Guard, which rejected heavy responsibilities to the Greek Port Authorities, including “delay in starting a rescue operation, which began after the overthrow of the endangered ship, that is, when it was when it was in danger. too late to save all immigrants. In the hours before the wreck, authorities developed inadequate and inappropriate means of assisting immigrants given the number of people in “Adriana”. ” The Frontex Fundamental Rights Office had also noted that there was resistance by the Port Authorities to provide them with information requested for the investigation.
A similar resistance of cooperation to the provision of critical data by the Coast Guard was reportedly addressed by the Ombudsman in his own research, which caused it a delay. It is noted that “critical evidence was not disclosed at the Authority, despite its relevant requests, in particular the data from the mobile phone of the Captain of the Captain of this vessel, which has the Piraeus Maritime Court, and all the Captain’s talks with the Single Center for Coordination. Research and rescue of the CSR – ELAKT until the overthrow of the fishing fisherman, for which the CSR – ELAKT informed that they were not recorded digitally despite the provisions provided for the contrary. “
Evidence
However, the Independent Authority collected a 5,000 -page proof of evidence including documents of involved services, affidavits, an expert report and material from file and journalistic investigations, as well as the explanations of the Port Authority’s controlled officers. As he notes, the finding “analyzes the events, actions and omissions of the CS -ELAKT executives involved in relation to the provisions of the legal framework for the Single Research and Rescue Coordination Center (EKSED), in particular the International Convention on the International Convention on Research and rescue (SAR), from the notice of overloaded fishing with – estimated – about 750 immigrants from the corresponding Italian Coordination Center at 11:00 am. of June 13, 2023, which was verified by Frontex until its sinking 15 hours later, rescuing 104 survivors and withdrawing 82 corpses. “
The Authority’s finding also evaluates the complaint of the fishing “Adriana” by the Port Authority he was called upon to turn.
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