Bodies reported on toxic ship
TWO DEAD bodies have reportedly been spotted on a ship loaded with toxic waste that Italian authorities suspect was sunk by the Mafia.
Murky photos of the vessel, which was found off the Calabrian coast, apparently show the bodies near some yellow barrels with the word “toxic” written on their sides, the BBC reported.
An informant told an Italian judge that the ship was one of three containing toxic waste that he had blown up, the BBC added.
That explosion was part of an illegal operation that bypassed toxic waster disposal rules, the report explained. The ship has not been named.
Waste specialists are examining samples of toxic waste – some of it rumoured to be nuclear – taken from the wreck.