Costa Concordia: looters arrested on the ferry

Listen to this article Last week an unpleasant situation took place near the Costa Concordia wreck. A group of professional divers employed to clean up and remove the wreck were arrested while attempting to steal it. Italian police have announced the arrest of two Britons and two Africans who were spotted making an unauthorised entry

ByTomasz Andrukajtis

Published: November 20, 2013 - 18:56

Updated: July 22, 2023 - 03:41

Costa Concordia: looters arrested on the ferry

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Last week an unpleasant situation took place near the Costa Concordia wreck. A group of professional divers employed to clean up and remove the wreck were arrested while attempting to steal it.

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Italian police have announced the arrest of two Britons and two Africans who were spotted making an unauthorised entry into the wreck. Investigators found that the perpetrators were all employed by the Titan-Micoperi Salvage Consortium.

In the early hours of the morning Carabinieri were alerted to the whole situation by CCTV surveillance staff who spotted a diver climbing aboard the damaged ferry.

The arrested robbers were found with empty backpacks bearing the logo of the company employing them, which immediately decided to release them. As you can see, some people cannot resist temptation and will take any opportunity to get a little richer.

We wrote about the work involved in lifting and hauling away the wreck in our September article. So far, it has been the largest operation of its kind, with experts from all over the world working together.

Source: cdiver.net
Photo: EU Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection/flickr

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Tomasz Andrukajtis

Editor-in-chief of the DIVERS24 portal and magazine. Responsible for obtaining, translating and developing content. He also supervises all publications. Achived his first diving certification – P1 CMAS, in 2000. Has a degree in journalism and social communication. In the diving industry since 2008.