Moby Prince, Prosecutor's Office requests dismissal: "No new evidence on causes"

The Livorno Prosecutor's Office has requested the dismissal of the investigation into the Moby Prince disaster, which occurred on 10 April 1991 in the harbor of Livorno and cost the lives of 140 people. This was made known by the Prosecutor's Office itself. The investigation, opened against unknown persons, hypothesized the crime of intentional massacre and was started after the filing of the final report of the second Senate parliamentary commission of inquiry into the causes of the tragedy, presented on 11 December 2017.

The critical issues that emerged from the Commission of Inquiry

The report of the Parliamentary Commission had highlighted several critical issues, errors and omissions in the previous reconstructions of the facts, pushing the Livorno Prosecutor's Office to launch a new investigation to shed light on the causes of the disaster. The investigation had been opened against unknown persons with the hypothesis of arson. The request for dismissal will now have to be evaluated by the judge for preliminary investigations.

The investigation into possible mafia or terrorist origins has already been closed

The Livorno Prosecutor's Office also recalled that the investigation conducted in parallel by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Florence, which had investigated the possible involvement of organized crime or terrorist groups in the tragedy, has already been closed. According to what was communicated by the Prosecutor's Office, the investigations had had a negative outcome, leading to the request for dismissal dated 3 December 2024. The provision was accepted by the investigating judge of Florence with a decree dated 27 February 2025.