Court Rules Italy's Salvini Can Be Charged With 'Kidnapping' Migrants

A court in Sicily ruled on Thursday that Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini can be charged with kidnapping after he prevented refugees from disembarking an Italian coast guard ship in August.

“I confess,” Salvini said in a video posted to his Facebook page, “there is no need for a trial. It’s true, I did it and I’d do it again.”

“I risk 3 to 15 years in prison for blocking illegal landings in Italy. I have no words,” wrote Salvini, the leader of the ultra-nationalist Lega (League) party, which now rules Italy in a coalition with the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S).

http://www.eutimes.net/2019/01/court-rules-italys-salvini-can-be-charged-with-kidnapping-migrants/