Looking Back - Inquiry into the missing Salem tanker
Fraud squad officers are planning a month-long inquiry in South Africa, Greece and Liberia into the riddle of the missing $24m tanker Salem (215 000 tons) and its oil cargo worth $56m, which vanished en route to Europe in January.
They will try to determine under the leadership of Detective Chief Superintendent Peter Griggs, of Scotland Yard, whether there is any evidence available to justify criminal charges being brought by
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