7 months ago
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KALAMATA
: Charges against nine
Egyptian
men accused over a 2023
migrant boat disaster
off
Greece
were dropped on Tuesday after a Greek court said it had no jurisdiction to hear the case as the
shipwreck
happened in international waters.
The men, aged between 21 and 41, were arrested hours after the boat sank and have remained in pre-trial detention since on charges of migrant smuggling, causing a shipwreck, and participating in a criminal organization.
They have denied any wrongdoing.
