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November 2013 Edition

The man, who has not been named by police, allegedly climbed on board the vessel late on Thursday night with an Irishman and two South Africans, all employees of salvage firm Salvage Consortium Titan-Micoperi which is working to remove the ship from rocks on the Italian island of Giglio, where it capsized last year.

Caught by CCTV set up on an off limits area of the ship, the men were arrested by officers of the Italian Carabinieri police and found in possession of an empty rucksack bearing the cruise ship’s company logo, an investigative source said.

“The men, who were relatively new arrivals on the island, have been released pending a possible trial,” said the source. Charges could include theft and illegally entering a crime scene which is still officially sealed off.

In a statement, Titan said “The company has taken immediate action to remove (the) workers from the project.”

The 114,000 tonne Costa Concordia was righted to a semi-submerged, but upright position in September as part of a 600 million euro salvage operation after it smashed into rocks in January 2012 and capsized, leading to the loss of 32 lives. Salvage workers now hope to float it off next Spring.

 

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