Migrants: Iuventa crew acquitted in Trapani after 7 years

The article explains that after a 7-year legal proceeding, the 10 defendants accused of aiding illegal immigration from organizations like Jugend Rettet, Save The Children, and Medici Senza Frontiere have been acquitted of the charges. They were accused of colluding with human traffickers and not providing actual rescue assistance to refugees, but rather acting as “taxis” by ferrying them from Libyan ships back to Libya. The court ruling of non-proceeding was requested by the Trapani Prosecutor’s Office after an investigation costing around 3 million euros. The Interior Ministry, as a civil party, accepted the judge’s decision. The prosecutors also seized the Iuventa vessel of Jugend Rettet, which has since been damaged and rendered unusable. The article includes statements from Medici Senza Frontiere denouncing the accusations as baseless and part of a larger campaign to discredit humanitarian rescue efforts in the Mediterranean. President Christos Christou criticizes ongoing attacks on solidarity efforts such as restrictive decrees, detention of civilian ships, and support for the Libyan coastguard, which hinders rescue operations and contributes to increased deaths at sea.

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Migranti, la Iuventa non era un taxi del mare: dopo 7 anni prosciolti i 10 imputati a Trapani

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