Truth about shipwreck on Lake Maggiore – memorial plaque reveals the truth. A total of eight Italian and 13 Israeli agents as well as the captain of the houseboat and his wife are said to have been on board.
The captain's wife, a 50-year-old Russian woman, did not survive the boat accident. A retired high-ranking agent from the Israeli secret service Mossad also died at the time. It is still unclear what “delicate operational activity” the secret agents wanted to carry out.