A Turkish cargo vessel that Italian special forces boarded after the crew detected a group of unidentified people aboard has left waters off the southern city of Naples, website MarineTraffic showed, as police continued to investigate the incident.
“The ship’s hijackers have been captured. All ended well,” Guido Crosetto wrote on Twitter and congratulated security forces taking part in the operation to regain control of the ship.
The Turkish-flagged Ro-Ro cargo ship Galata Seaways resumed its voyage to France on Saturday after the Italian authorities confirmed that all the stow.