The investigation launched by the Brindisi prosecutor’s office continues to evaluate the actual conditions inside the ship Mykonos Magic, rented by the Ministry of the Interior to welcome the approximately 2,600 law enforcement personnel who arrived in Puglia for the G7. On the morning of Wednesday 19 June, the NAS carabinieri carried out an inspection on board the ship which, for a week now, has been under seizure in the internal port of Brindisi, near the quay in front of the former Montedison warehouse. The soldiers, delegated by the prosecutor’s office, spent a few hours on the Mykonos Magic to examine with videos and photos the state of the places, in particular the cabins and the overall sanitary conditions.
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by Francesco Oliva
June 11, 2024
The ship was abandoned by the police, after just one night, due to the precarious hygienic-sanitary conditions and, on the basis of the various complaints filed in the immediately following hours, the Brindisi investigators decided to seize it and open a criminal investigation. investigation on charges of fraud in public supplies. For the moment, the name of the legal representative of the company, owner of the ship, has been entered in the register of suspects.
“These are checks that we had to carry out in the right time” say investigative sources and soon the work of the Nas carabinieri will flow into an information which will be deposited on the desk of the deputy prosecutor Antonio Negro. Already in recent days, an inspection had been carried out by the staff of the Sian and Sisp services of the ASL of Brindisi who had taken water samples from the showers and taps of rooms and kitchens to be analyzed in the laboratory.
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Meanwhile, the SAP (Autonomous Police Union) and SIM Carabinieri unions have taken a clear position on the criminal investigation and have announced that they will take civil action if the proceedings lead to an indictment. “When those responsible for what happened at the G7 in the Mykonos Magic were to be sent to trial – they let it be known Stefano Paoloni And Antonio Serpirespectively general secretary of the SAP and general secretary of the Carabinieri SIM – the Autonomous Police Union and the Carabinieri Sim will form a civil party in order to protect all colleagues who have suffered great inconvenience”.
