(ANSA-AFP) - KALAMATA, MAY 21 - The trial of nine accused
smugglers opens on Tuesday, nearly a year after a derelict
migrant trawler with hundreds on board sank off the coast of
Greece in one of Europe's deadliest shipwrecks. Nine Egyptian
men -- who were among the 104 survivors -- will appear before a
court in Kalamata, southwestern Greece, to answer charges
including negligent homicide, participation in a criminal
organisation and facilitating illegal entry into the country.
The men, aged 21 to 37 years old, have denied responsibility.
(ANSA-AFP).
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