Report: Ships sunk laden with nuclear waste
The British Broadcasting Corp. reports Italian authorities are investigating a shipwreck that an informant from the Calabrian mafia said was deliberately sunk with a load of nuclear waste.
BBC said the sunken ship was found 18 miles off the coast of Southwest Italy and that waste would be tested for radioactivity.
The informant said it was one of three he blew up in a scheme to bypass toxic waste disposal laws. If tests are positive, Italian authorities said they would search for up to 30 ships believed to have been sunk by the mafia.
Images taken by a robot camera show the yellow barrels, with labels saying the contents are toxic.
Report: Ships sunk laden with nuclear waste
