Judges in Sicily have acquitted Italy’s deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini of charges of kidnapping and dereliction of duty after he refused to let a Spanish migrant rescue ship dock….
ROME — A court in Sicily on Friday found Italian Vice Premier Matteo Salvini not guilty of illegally detaining 100 migrants aboard a humanitarian rescue ship in 2019, when he was….
A verdict is expected to be reached at Italian Deputy PM Matteo Salvini’s ‘Open Arms trial’ on Friday. Salvini has been charged with kidnapping for preventing 147 migrants from disembarking….
League members rallied in his support on Friday, calling it “a political trial.”
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Prosecutors are pushing for Italy’s far-right deputy prime minister Matteo….
Italian prosecutors in Palermo have accused the then-interior minister of alleged kidnapping due to his decision to leave a migrant rescue ship operated by charity Open Arms stranded at sea….
