https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A young Italian woman who was kidnapped in late 2018 from an orphanage in Kenya, is free and returned to Italy on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20200511/silvia-romano-italian-kidnapped-in-kenya-returns-home Mon, 11 May 2020 10:40:19 +0200 silvia-romano-italian-kidnapped-in-kenya-returns-home An Italian hostage is on his way home after more than two years in captivity in Syria, where an unknown number of foreigners remain missing eight years into the country's devastating war. https://www.thelocal.it/20190523/italian-hostage-freed-in-syria Thu, 23 May 2019 11:56:50 +0200 italian-hostage-freed-in-syria Police in Kenya say they're optimistic about tracking down kidnapped volunteer Silvia Romano. https://www.thelocal.it/20181123/20-people-held-in-kenya-over-italian-aid-worker-kidnapping Fri, 23 Nov 2018 12:02:30 +0100 20-people-held-in-kenya-over-italian-aid-worker-kidnapping An armed gang abducted an Italian volunteer from a village in south-east Kenya, shooting and wounding five residents in the raid, police said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20181121/italian-woman-kidnapped-in-kenya Wed, 21 Nov 2018 10:22:24 +0100 italian-woman-kidnapped-in-kenya An Italian court on Monday found a Polish man guilty of kidnapping British model Chloe Ayling in an elaborate plot which gained worldwide attention. https://www.thelocal.it/20180611/lucasz-herba-convicted-kidnapping-chloe-ayling Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:06:01 +0200 lucasz-herba-convicted-kidnapping-chloe-ayling A London judge ruled Friday that a Polish man suspected of playing a role in the alleged kidnap of a British model in Milan could be extradited to Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20170930/pole-fights-extradition-to-italy-in-uk-model-kidnap-case Sat, 30 Sep 2017 15:16:16 +0200 pole-fights-extradition-to-italy-in-uk-model-kidnap-case British police on Wednesday arrested the brother of a man accused of an extraordinary abduction of a young British model in Italy, following a request from the Italian authorities. https://www.thelocal.it/20170816/police-in-the-uk-arrest-suspect-in-italy-model-kidnap Wed, 16 Aug 2017 19:05:26 +0200 police-in-the-uk-arrest-suspect-in-italy-model-kidnap A hunt for possible accomplices to the terrifying abduction of a British model in Italy was underway on Sunday after the alleged mastermind told police he planned to auction her off as a sex slave on the dark web. https://www.thelocal.it/20170807/police-hunt-for-accomplices-in-kidnap-of-british-model Mon, 07 Aug 2017 12:25:46 +0200 police-hunt-for-accomplices-in-kidnap-of-british-model A six-year-old girl has returned to Milan five years after being kidnapped by her Syrian father, the Italian foreign ministry has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20170313/kidnapped-girl-returns-to-italy-five-years-after-being-taken-to-syria Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:23:05 +0100 kidnapped-girl-returns-to-italy-five-years-after-being-taken-to-syria One of the heirs to the Fiat automobile fortune, Lapo Elkann, has been arrested in New York for allegedly faking his own kidnapping, police said on Tuesday, amid reports that he was trying to pay for a weekend of debauchery. https://www.thelocal.it/20161130/fiat-heir-arrested-in-us-for-faking-own-kidnap Wed, 30 Nov 2016 09:58:21 +0100 fiat-heir-arrested-in-us-for-faking-own-kidnap Some 22 Philippine soldiers were wounded Saturday in a firefight with Islamic militants, the military said, a day after the release of a retired Italian priest taken hostage in the Muslim-populated south of the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20160409/22-filippino-soldiers-wounded-in-clash-after-freeing-italian Sat, 09 Apr 2016 17:35:52 +0200 22-filippino-soldiers-wounded-in-clash-after-freeing-italian A retired Italian priest abducted six months ago in the southern Philippines by suspected Islamic militants was released on Friday, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160408/italian-hostage-released-in-southern-philippines-police Fri, 08 Apr 2016 18:38:47 +0200 italian-hostage-released-in-southern-philippines-police Iconic Roma captain Francesco Totti personally paid a team of police officers for two years in a bid to thwart his son Christian being kidnapped, according to reports in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20151111/totti-paid-to-thwart-sons-kidnap-report Wed, 11 Nov 2015 08:41:56 +0100 totti-paid-to-thwart-sons-kidnap-report Police in Spain have tracked down an Italian father who abandoned his wife outside a toy shop near Turin and fled with his new born son. https://www.thelocal.it/20150417/father-on-run-with-new-born-could-be-in-spain Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:32:11 +0200 father-on-run-with-new-born-could-be-in-spain Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun have been kidnapped by gunmen in northern Cameroon, Italy's foreign ministry and media reports said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140405/two-italian-priests-kidnapped-in-cameroon-2 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:29:31 +0200 two-italian-priests-kidnapped-in-cameroon-2 Italian citizens face a heightened risk of being kidnapped in Yemen, Rome warned on Tuesday, amid global fears of an imminent Al-Qaeda attack. https://www.thelocal.it/20130807/italians-at-heightened-risk-of-kidnap-in-yemen Wed, 07 Aug 2013 10:33:00 +0200 italians-at-heightened-risk-of-kidnap-in-yemen A man attempted to abduct a two-year-old child from its American parents at Rome's Fiumicino on Friday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20130712/child-snatch-attempt-foiled-at-rome-airport Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:45:00 +0200 child-snatch-attempt-foiled-at-rome-airport