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Palermo Prosecutors Challenge Acquittal of Italy's Salvini in Open Arms Trial

Summary by Wanted in Rome
Salvini had risked six years in jail for 'kidnapping' migrants before acquittal in December. The Palermo public prosecutor's office has filed an appeal to the supreme court of cassation against the acquittal of Italian deputy premier Matteo Salvini in the Open Arms case. Salvini, leader of the right-wing Lega party, had been accused of "kidnapping" 147 migrants by preventing the Spanish Open Arms rescue ship from landing of the island of Lampedu…

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Italian Vice-President Matteo Salvini will be judged again to prevent the landing of migrants from the Open Arms ship in 2019, after the park in Palermo announced Friday that it attacks by using the previous decision of the Minister's procurement justice.

·Romania
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Lean Left

As Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini had a rescue ship with refugees kept away from Italy's coast in 2019. A court later released him for his actions. Now the prosecutor's office has appealed.

·Germany
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Lean Right

The vice-premier had been acquitted in the first instance by the charge of kidnapping migrants on board the Open Arms ship in August 2019

·Italy
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In the first instance, Minister Matteo Salvini was acquitted of the charge of kidnapping. Now, the prosecutor of Palermo resorts to cassation

·Turin, Italy
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Appeal lodged in cassation (ANSA)

·Italy
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ANSA broke the news in Italy on Friday, July 18, 2025.
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