{"id":17403,"date":"2026-07-30T06:56:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T06:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/hundreds-of-thousands-of-euros-thrown-into-the-sea-off-sicily\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T06:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T06:56:31","slug":"hundreds-of-thousands-of-euros-thrown-into-the-sea-off-sicily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/hundreds-of-thousands-of-euros-thrown-into-the-sea-off-sicily\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of Thousands of Euros Thrown into the Sea Off Sicily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Italian authorities detained four individuals and recovered nearly all of the 700,000 euros thrown into the sea off the Sicilian coast on Wednesday afternoon.  <\/p>\n<h4>Engine Trouble Triggers Panic<\/h4>\n<p>According to the Italian daily La Repubblica, an incident near the port on Wednesday, July 29, began when a semi-cabin motorboat ran out of fuel. Two of the four people on board swam to shore for supplies, leaving the vessel to drift and rock, which prompted beachgoers to alert the Coast Guard fearing an accident.<\/p>\n<h4>Cash Tossed Overboard as Authorities Approach<\/h4>\n<p>As the remaining man and teenager on board noticed approaching rescue services, they began throwing packages of banknotes into the sea. The packages floated close to the shore, causing a commotion among beachgoers who rushed to fish them out after realizing what was inside.<\/p>\n<h4>Condemnation of Clashes and Seizure of Funds<\/h4>\n<p>In a separate context, attacks on construction sites and police in Val di Susa were condemned by President Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and leaders of all major political parties, as reported by Bartosz Hlebowicz on Wyborcza.pl.<\/p>\n<p>Financial Guard officers, police, and carabinieri arrived alongside rescuers, detaining those who took the found money and recovering nearly all of the 700,000 euros thrown into the sea. Investigators believe the discarded money originated from criminal activity.<\/p>\n<h4>Vessel and Passengers Detained<\/h4>\n<p>The four boat passengers, including a Maltese citizen, were identified and taken to the Coast Guard facility near the beach. The boat was towed to the port for a thorough search.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian authorities detained four individuals and recovered nearly all of the 700,000 euros thrown into the sea off the Sicilian coast on Wednesday afternoon. Engine Trouble Triggers Panic According to the Italian daily La Repubblica, an incident near the port on Wednesday, July 29, began when a semi-cabin motorboat ran out of fuel. Two of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poland-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}