Hopes are fading for finding survivors from the tragedy shipwreck open to her Pylos with the rescue means still continuing to fight for the detection of even the slightest trace of life.

In Kalamata, relatives of those on board the fishing boat continue to flock with heartbreaking scenes. The rescued were transferred today to a structure in Malacca, while the 9 Egyptians arrested face serious charges.

With the assistance of a helicopter, patrol boats of the coast guard and the Kanaris frigate together with boats that are sailing by are scanning the sea with all means three days after the tragedy.

Corresponding images were published by the BBC network taken from a cruise ship.

The role of the 9 arrested

The investigations, however, also continue at the level of responsibilities. The officers of the Coast Guard after a long process ended up with the nine men alleged to be members of the slave-trafficking ring. The men aged between 20 and 40 arrive at the Kalamata courthouse. The authorities were led to their tracks after statements from survivors.

They were transferred from the central port authority of Kalamata to the Prosecutor’s Office of First Instance, in order to face serious charges of causing a shipwreck and forming a criminal organization.

Skye reveals who he was their role on the fishing boat during the voyage to Italy:

The captain, who according to information is dead, was throughout the journey in the cabin of the ship. Among those arrested were the ship’s engineer as well as the captain’s assistant, the man who gave the orders to the 7 thugs of the circuit, the people who, with improvised rubber bands made from the ship’s ropes, imposed order on the ship through torture.

As first revealed by SKAI, three hours before the sinking of the vessel, the Coast Guard patrol approached and tied a small rope to the fishing vessel in order to ascertain the situation on board. This process lasted for a few minutes and after the immigrants untied the cord the patrol car moved away and watched from a close distance.

All 8 deny the charges except for one who reportedly confessed. He said he is an ordinary member of the organization and accepted to be paid to take the boat from the coast of Libya to Italy and added that the ship had left Egypt empty and traveled to Tobruk where it picked up hundreds of migrants.

Investigations into branches in Egypt, Libya and Italy – Greece requested Europol’s assistance

According to the report, the traffickers were not unknown to the authorities, as the officers of the Coast Guard believe. They specifically mention that in the last 2 months they are responsible for 18 similar itineraries of fishing boats like the one that sank from the coast of Libya to the coast of Italy. At the same time there are indications that they end up in Egypt, Libya and Italy. For this reason, the Greek authorities turned to the European Police Service Europol in order to carry out an investigation at the European level and to be able to lead to the traces of the brains of this particular circuit, which hoards at the expense of lives, if it is calculated that from each of the traffickers in this particular case the amount of 6,500 dollars had been collected.

How the Coast Guard arrived at the arrests

According to the report, the Coast Guard was led to the 9 arrested due to their suspicious behavior as well as through photos they showed to the rescued. A total of 9 immigrants – refugees have testified as witnesses in the case file.

Relatives are looking for their own persons among the rescued

And while there is no sign of life in the area of ​​the wreck, the drama continues with relatives looking for their own faces among the rescued in Kalamata.

With printed photos in hand, they look for their relatives minutes before the buses leave for Malacca.

“We met people in despair because they had lost their own people,” says a member of a Greek rescue team.

SKAI was found inside the warehouse in the port of Kalamata, where the survivors of the Pylos shipwreck were accommodated. 68 people have left for the migrant reception center in Malakasa.

At noon, the 68 rescued arrived at the migrant accommodation center in Malakasa. Even there, relatives hoped to find their own persons.

SKAI was also found inside one of the many containers that will accommodate the 68 rescued from the wreck of Pylos. As can be seen in the video, personal hygiene items have been placed on the beds, which will be given to the rescued, while food, water and clothing are also given to the victims.

“There are no women. All the women died, sunk with their children in their arms. We are talking about a tragedy”, says the General Secretary of the Syrian Association in Greece, Anwar Bakri.

However, the relatives of the missing do not give up. They wait patiently outside the Kalamata Port Authority for some clue that will help them find theirs.

The prosecutor of the Supreme Court at the same time ordered the observance of absolute secrecy of the investigations due to the seriousness of the case.