Italy's League Party leader Matteo Salvini, right, leaves the bunker hall of the prison Bicocca with his lawyer Giulia Bongiorno at the end of the court hearing. EPA
Italy's League Party leader Matteo Salvini, right, leaves the bunker hall of the prison Bicocca with his lawyer Giulia Bongiorno at the end of the court hearing. EPA

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Italy's Matteo Salvini to stand trial on kidnapping charges over migrant standoff

Former Italian interior minister refused to let a Spanish rescue ship dock in 2019, keeping the migrants on board at sea for days

Nicky Harley
Nicky Harley

April 17, 2021