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Title: Louis arrest following Sea Diamond sinking
Post by: Bjoern Eddy Engelbrethsen on June 14, 2007, 11:44:39 PM

Three arrest warrants have reportedly been issued by Greek authorities following the sinking of a Louis Cruises vessel earlier this year.
The captain of the 22,412-gt Sea Diamond (built 1986) has already been charged after the vessel capsized and sank off the Greek island of Santorini in April.
However, now a prosecutor on the Greek island of Naxos has ordered the arrest of the Greek captain and two officials from the vessel

Title: Re: Louis arrest following Sea Diamond sinking
Post by: Bjoern Eddy Engelbrethsen on June 20, 2007, 12:54:51 AM

The Greek government has hit Cypriot cruise ship owner Louis with a EUR 1.17m ($1.57m) fine over the sinking of its vessel Sea Diamond in the Aegean Sea in April.
The amount falls well short of the EUR 1bn fine Greece