Italy Opens Criminal Investigation Into Superyacht Sinking

Italian authorities have announced that a manslaughter investigation has been launched into the deaths of seven people in connection with the sinking of the Bayesian superyacht off the coast of Sicily. Ambrogio Cartosio, a government prosecutor in the Italian town of Termini Imerese, said in an Aug. 24 press conference that his office has opened an initial investigation into manslaughter. “It is probable that offenses were committed, that it could be a case of manslaughter, but we can only establish that if you give us the time to investigate,” he said, adding that no suspects have been identified yet. The bodies of a British tech tycoon, a Morgan Stanley executive, and five others, including a teenager, have been recovered after the yacht sank on Aug. 19 after capsizing in a storm....