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One of the defendants in the trial around the 1999 canyoning accident, Georg Hoedle, former manager of the tourist company Adventure World, arrives at the Interlaken Casino, site of the trial, Tuesday, December 11, 2001 in Interlaken, Switzerland, to hear the verdict. Hoedle and other former members of the tourist organizer Adventure World faced trial here for the deaths of 21 tourists during a canyoning trip at the Saxetbach in July 1999. (KEYSTONE/Lukas Lehmann)