Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni says she is suspected of aiding and abetting a crime and embezzlement in connection with the case of a Libyan man suspected of war crimes. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she has been placed under judicial investigation over her country’s surprise release of a Libyan police officer wanted by the International Criminal Court. In a video message posted to social media on Tuesday, Meloni said she is suspected of aiding and abetting a crime and embezzlement in connection to the case of Osama Elmasry Njeem,...

A suspected Libyan warlord was released from detention in the northern city of Turin last week and flown home on an official aircraft. The International Criminal Court has demanded an explanation. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is under investigation over the release of a suspected Libyan warlord, she announced on Tuesday. Ossama Anjiem, also known as Ossama al-Masri, was detained in Turin earlier this month under an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for alleged crimes against humanity. Al-Masri ran a detention center near Tripoli and has been accused of...

ROME — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and other top government officials are being investigated by the Rome prosecutor’s office over the release last week of a Libyan brigadier general wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity. In a video message announcing the investigation, Meloni remained unbowed. She insisted she would not be “intimated” by the probe for allegedly aiding and abetting Osama Elmasry Njeem and misusing taxpayers’ dollars by flying the Libyan official home. The investigation appears to mark the first time that Meloni —...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday she had been placed under judicial investigation over her country's surprise release of a Libyan police officer wanted by the International Criminal Court. In a video message on social media, Meloni said she is suspected of aiding and abetting a crime and embezzlement in connection to the case of Osama Elmasry Njeem, also known as Osama Almasri Njeem.

ROME, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday she had been placed under judicial investigation over her country's surprise release of a Libyan police officer wanted by the International Criminal Court. In a video message on social media, Meloni said she is suspected of aiding and abetting a crime and embezzlement in connection to the case of Osama Elmasry Njeem, also known as Osama Almasri Njeem. She said prosecutors had also placed under investigation Justice Minister Carlo Nordio, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi and the cabinet...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced on Tuesday that she is under judicial investigation concerning Italy's unexpected release of Osama Elmasry Njeem, a Libyan police officer sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Njeem, also known as Osama Almasri Njeem, was released last week after being detained just a few days earlier under an ICC arrest warrant for alleged crimes against humanity.