Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Thursday blasted Rome Chief Prosecutor Francesco Lo Voi for notifying Premier Giorgia Meloni and other members of the government that the case of a Libyan police official who was sent back home from Italy after being detained on an International Criminal Court arrest warrant was being looked at following a complaint by a lawyer.

But Rome’s court of appeals ordered al-Masri ... Italy has close ties to the internationally recognized government in Tripoli, on whom it relies to patrol its coasts and prevent waves of ...

The ICC said it had not been given prior notice of the Rome court’s decision, as required, and “is seeking, and is yet to obtain, verification from the authorities on the steps reportedly taken.” Al-Masri returned to Tripoli late Tuesday, received at ...

Italian media reports and a Libyan official say police in Turin have arrested a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes.

Ossama Anjiem, also known as Ossama al-Masri, heads the Tripoli branch of the Reform and ... ICC request to the chief prosecutor's office in Rome,” a statement said. Ali Omar, head of Libya ...

Osama Elmasry Njeem faces charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity over his role in running notorious prison

Italy's interior minister has told lawmakers that he ordered the expulsion of a Libyan warlord sought by the International Criminal Court due to security concerns.

Italy's Meloni Faces Probe for Deporting Libyan Warlord Wanted by ICC |Firstpost Africa |N18G Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has landed in trouble for freeing a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Premier Giorgia Meloni said Thursday after she and some ministers were informed by a prosecutor Tuesday of a lawyer's complaint over the release and return to Libya of wanted war criminal Osama Almasri that anyone in her shoes would be a bit disheartened over the alleged judicial mistreatment she has suffered.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is facing a probe into her government's decision to repatriate a Libyan general wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Though its docket remains empty, the court still wields an $200 million annual budget and a large number of legal eagles keen to lay their hands on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.