Skulls Found on Mafia Ship Laden with Toxic Waste

[Louisiana1976]

Pressure is growing on the Italian government to act over revelations that 30 or more ships with radioactive cargoes, deliberately sunk by the Mafia, may be polluting the Mediterranean.

The Calabrian region in the south of the country last night threatened to bypass Rome and petition the European Commission directly for help in dealing with the potential environmental disaster, while in another development investigators said that human remains may have been found on one ship – raising the possibility of a murder inquiry.

Silvestro Greco, head of the region's environment agency, lambasted the response by ministers to the apparent discovery of one of the missing toxic waste vessels, the Cunsky, 18 miles off the Calabrian coast.

"It has been 11 days since the boat was found and there has been not a single sign from the government," he said. "We do not believe this silence is normal."

Mr Greco added that "the entire Mediterranean, from the Adriatic to the Tyrrhenian sea and from the Strait of Sicily to the Aegean" could be threatened by sunken waste ships. "Cleaning and removing the load will be particularly complex in terms of cost, given the vast area involved," he said.

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more...http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/skulls-found-on-mafia-ship-laden-with-toxic-waste-1793509.html

[Ian David]

1. See also:

http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=2-9780802143150-0

[juno jones]

2. That is a great freaking book!

:thumbsup:

[XemaSab]

4. Best. Book. Ever.

:D

[thunder rising]

3. European pharmaceutical companies ... MFs ... this can be traced ... hang 'em

[madokie]

5. I wonder what other European country is disposing of their nuclear waste this way?

I wonder what this does to the sea life?