US EditionItaly's Top Court Upholds Acquittal of Salvini in Migrant Kidnapping Case
The Supreme Court confirmed Salvini's acquittal for blocking a migrant ship with over 100 people in 2019, ending all legal challenges to the case.
- Italy's Supreme Court acquitted Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini in a migrant kidnapping case, ending a five-year legal battle.
- The court upheld the previous acquittal by the Court of Palermo, dismissing the appeal from prosecutors as unfounded.
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni supported the ruling, stating that safeguarding Italy's borders is part of Salvini's duties.
- Open Arms condemned the decision, claiming it allows governments across Europe to block illegal migrants.
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He had refused for nearly three weeks to allow 147 migrants to land recovered by the ship of the Spanish NGO Open Arms in August 2019. Matteo Salvini has just been officially acquitted by the Court of Cassation.
Italy top court acquits deputy PM Matteo Salvini in Open Arms case
The Italian Court of Cassation confirmed on Wednesday the acquittal of Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini in the Open Arms case. Since it was handed down by the court of last instance, the decision is final. It rejects the appeal presented by the Prosecutor’s Office of Palermo, which requested the annulment of the acquittal delivered at first instance in December 2024. Salvini faced trial for charges of kidnapping and dereliction of du…
Italy's top court upholds acquittal of Salvini in migrant kidnapping case
Italy's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld an acquittal verdict for Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini in a migrant kidnapping case, meaning no further appeals can be brought against the decision.
The Cassation rejects the appeal of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Palermo and absolves definitively the Minister for the facts of August 2019.With the rejection of the appeal of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Palermo, or by dribbling the appeal, the Court of Cassation, after about four hours of chamber of council, put a tombstone on the Open Arms case. Yesterday the judges of the Fifth Criminal Chamber confirmed the absolution of Matteo S…
In the case of the fixing of the rescue ship "Open Arms" in 2019, the Italian Supreme Court finally acquitted Deputy Prime Minister Salvini.
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