http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20210710-020131-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/visibility-and-crime-at-sea/ Visibility and Crime at Sea Mann, Itamar Mourão Permoser, Julia eng 2021-07-09 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Criminal Law Lybia pushbacks Sea Rescue Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 30th June 2021, search-and-rescue activists from Sea-Watch witnessed a brutal attack by the so-called Libyan Coast Guard against a migrant vessel carrying 64 during an attempted pushback. Now, prosecutors in Sicily have launched an investigation against the Libyan Coast Guard for “attempted shipwreck.” This the first time, a European court opens an investigation against the Libyan Coast Guard, and the fact that an Italian court should do so bears legal and political importance.