Police in the Atlantic province of Newfoundland said they were acting on a U.S. arrest warrant, raising the strong possibility that the captain of the Virgo and two crew members would be extradited to the United States to face trial.
The three men were charged in a Newfoundland court with involuntary manslaughter, misconduct and aiding and abetting. A spokeswoman for Primorsk Shipping Co., which owns the Virgo, said the three had been arrested late Tuesday.
The three crewmen were arrested as they tried to board a flight for London, Interfax reported.
The ship came under suspicion after three fishermen on board the U.S. trawler Starbound were killed Aug. 5 when their boat was hit by an unidentified ship off the coast of Massachusetts.
The U.S. Coast Guard is leading the probe, and two U.S. officials flew to Newfoundland to look at the Virgo, which was one of a dozen or so vessels being examined as part of the investigation.
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Russian captain сharged in Canada
Canadian authorities harged the captain of a Russian-owned vessel with involuntary manslaughter Wednesday in connection with the fatal collision of a ship and a U.S. fishing trawler last week.
