Greek coastguards charged over 2023 migrant shipwreck21 hours ago Share Save Nick Beake Europe correspondent Kostas Kallergis Senior Europe producer Share SaveGreek Coast Guard The migrant boat sank with 650 people onboardA naval court in Greece has charged 17 coastguards over the deadliest migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean Sea for a decade. Up to 650 people were feared to have drowned when the overcrowded Adriana fishing vessel sank near Pylos, off the Greek coast, in the early hours of 14 June 2023. Among them is the captain of the coastguard ship, the LS-920, who is charged with "causing a shipwreck", leading to the deaths of "at least 82 people". Doubts over Greek officials' accountA coastguard ship had been monitoring the Adriana for 15 hours before it sank. Musaab described to us the moment when - he alleged - the Greek coastguards caused their boat to sink.