G7: Brindisi ship seizure, ‘hygiene and accommodation issues’

BRINDISI, 12 JUNE – The Mykonos Magic ship, renamed Goddess of the Night, which it should have hosted over two thousand agents and judicial police officers employed in order and security services for the G7. The measure was ordered by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Brindisi. The central operational service of the State Police and the policemen of the flying squad started the investigations following the complaint presented by various trade unions which highlighted the “serious critical issues reported by the police force personnel assigned to the security and public order services “, who had already boarded the ship owned by the company Mykonos Magica Inc for accommodation in the cabins. The elements “collected so far by the state police and the need for further investigative investigations, including those of a technical nature – explains a note – have made it necessary to adopt the decree for the seizure of the motor vessel”. In carrying out the seizure, the police personnel were assisted, for the aspects of their competence, by the Port Authority and by the carabinieri of the anti-adulteration and health unit (Nas). The police force personnel who had found accommodation on the Mykonos Magic have already been transferred to the GNV Azzurra ferry and to other accommodation facilities in the area. (HANDLE).