(see related) (ANSA) - ROME, JUL 23 - Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said Tuesday that he is confident six officials - four finance police and two coast guards - probed over allegedly negligent delays in the rescue effort regarding the shipwreck of the Summer Love boat off the Calabrian town of Cutro on February 26, 2023, will be cleared.
    The disaster claimed the lives of at least 94 migrants and refugees, including 35 children.
    "I know the competence and dedication of all the members of the finance police and the port authority who, everyday, give their total commitment to the extraordinary work of saving lives and fighting human traffickers," Piantedosi said. "For this reason, I am certain that, in the subsequent judicial proceedings, the Crotone officials will show that they have no responsibility for the Cutro shipwreck.
    "I hope that the Constitutional principle that you are not guilty until a final sentence applies to the servants of the State too". (ANSA).