ITALIAN PM MELONI UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR RELEASING LIBYAN WARLORD ๐
ITALIAN PM MELONI UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR RELEASING LIBYAN WARLORD ๐
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and two of her ministers are under investigation for releasing and repatriating a Libyan official wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes. The ICC had issued an arrest warrant for Osama Najim, head of the Libyan judicial police, on charges of committing crimes against detainees in Libya. However, Najim was released and put on a government plane back to Libya after being detained in a Turin hotel for a few days. Meloni claims the investigation is politically motivated and defends Najim's expulsion, questioning why the ICC only issued the warrant as he entered Italy after spending time in three other European countries. Meloni, Justice Minister Carlo Nordio, and Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi are all under investigation.