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 Italian prosecutors have launched an investigation into a Naples mafia boss suspected of having given €10,000 to one of his men to buy a newborn baby, a paper reported on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20191007/italian-mafia-boss-suspected-of-buying-baby Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:54:03 +0200 italian-mafia-boss-suspected-of-buying-baby Police forces in four countries on Wednesday seized some 25,000 Greek and Roman archaeological items worth over €40 million in pre-dawn raids, cracking down on illegal trafficking in cultural goods. https://www.thelocal.it/20180705/italy-police-bust-gang-trafficking-in-stolen-artefacts Thu, 05 Jul 2018 10:55:35 +0200 italy-police-bust-gang-trafficking-in-stolen-artefacts Italy's parliament on Wednesday approved a ramped up military presence in Niger by agreeing to send an initial 120 troops with 350 more to follow as Rome looks to stem migration and people trafficking of African migrants. https://www.thelocal.it/20180118/italy-to-send-troops-to-niger-to-tackle-migration-and-people-trafficking Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:07:00 +0100 italy-to-send-troops-to-niger-to-tackle-migration-and-people-trafficking A Nigerian human trafficker known as "Rambo" has been arrested in Italy on charges of torturing and killing migrants held captive in Libya, Italian police said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170621/italy-arrests-rambo-man-suspected-of-trafficking-torturing-and-killing-migrants Wed, 21 Jun 2017 10:49:18 +0200 italy-arrests-rambo-man-suspected-of-trafficking-torturing-and-killing-migrants At least 126 migrants were feared dead after their boat sank off the coast of Libya while trying to make the perilous crossing to Europe, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170620/over-120-migrants-feared-dead-after-inflatable-boat-sinking Tue, 20 Jun 2017 10:56:59 +0200 over-120-migrants-feared-dead-after-inflatable-boat-sinking European police and naval chiefs on Thursday called for migrant trafficking of the kind currently taking place in Libya to be declared a crime against humanity. https://www.thelocal.it/20170609/make-human-trafficking-a-crime-against-humanity-say-europes-police-chiefs-at-rome-meet Fri, 09 Jun 2017 10:51:39 +0200 make-human-trafficking-a-crime-against-humanity-say-europes-police-chiefs-at-rome-meet The Italian police said on Tuesday that they had broken a smuggling ring between Tunisia and Sicily which was preparing to bring migrants with suspected jihadist links to Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20170606/italian-police-bust-migrant-trafficking-ring-in-sicily Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:04:01 +0200 italian-police-bust-migrant-trafficking-ring-in-sicily One year ago an Eritrean was arrested in Sudan on charges of heading a major people-smuggling network and extradited to Italy, where he has languished in jail ever since - despite persistent claims the police got the wrong man. https://www.thelocal.it/20170524/italy-trafficking-smuggling-court-eritrea-sudan-mistaken-identity Wed, 24 May 2017 10:59:47 +0200 italy-trafficking-smuggling-court-eritrea-sudan-mistaken-identity Charity boats rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean are colluding with traffickers in Libya, an Italian prosecutor was quoted as saying on Sunday, stirring up a simmering row over aid groups' role in Europe's migrant crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20170424/italy-prosecutor-labels-charity-rescue-boats-smugglers-taxis Mon, 24 Apr 2017 10:48:27 +0200 italy-prosecutor-labels-charity-rescue-boats-smugglers-taxis A Tripoli court has suspended a deal between Libya and Italy to limit irregular migration to Europe, the unity government's justice ministry said. https://www.thelocal.it/20170324/a-libyan-court-has-suspended-a-deal-with-italy-aimed-at-limiting-people-smuggling Fri, 24 Mar 2017 17:09:25 +0100 a-libyan-court-has-suspended-a-deal-with-italy-aimed-at-limiting-people-smuggling Italian police have arrested 13 people involved in a major people smuggling network responsible for trafficking hundreds of people across Europe, they announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170130/italian-police-bust-people-trafficking-ring-in-lombardy Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:24:51 +0100 italian-police-bust-people-trafficking-ring-in-lombardy An Italian court ruled on Tuesday that the captain of a migrant boat that sank in 2015, killing up to 900 people, was responsible for the Mediterranean's worst disaster since World War II. https://www.thelocal.it/20161213/italy-court-jails-migrant-shipwreck-captain-for-18-years Tue, 13 Dec 2016 14:54:56 +0100 italy-court-jails-migrant-shipwreck-captain-for-18-years Italian judges are to rule Tuesday whether the alleged captain of a migrant boat that sank in 2015, killing up to 900 people, is responsible for the Mediterranean's worst disaster since World War II. https://www.thelocal.it/20161213/verdict-expected-in-deadly-shipwreck-trial Tue, 13 Dec 2016 10:14:52 +0100 verdict-expected-in-deadly-shipwreck-trial Police in Salerno, southwestern Italy, have made a series of arrests for criminal conspiracy related to migrant-trafficking, according to a statement on Wednesday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20161123/italy-arrests-suspected-migrant-traffickers-for-inhumane-treatment Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:58:37 +0100 italy-arrests-suspected-migrant-traffickers-for-inhumane-treatment An international police operation has arrested 21 people in northern Italy, suspected of running a Europe-wide people-trafficking ring. https://www.thelocal.it/20160906/italy-arrests-21-for-migrant-trafficking Tue, 06 Sep 2016 13:49:23 +0200 italy-arrests-21-for-migrant-trafficking Italian authorities said on Friday they had broken up a people trafficking gang based near Naples headed by a Tunisian national they suspect of jihadist links. https://www.thelocal.it/20160805/jihadist-headed-italy-trafficking-gang-police Fri, 05 Aug 2016 12:21:36 +0200 jihadist-headed-italy-trafficking-gang-police Eleven arrest warrants have been issued for a group of people, including three civil servants, who have allegedly been involved in selling Italian passports on the black market, police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160707/italian-officials-arrested-over-illegal-passport-ring Thu, 07 Jul 2016 13:57:05 +0200 italian-officials-arrested-over-illegal-passport-ring Thirty-eight suspected migrant smugglers, who are also alleged to have been involved in organ trafficking, were arrested across Italy early on Monday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20160704/italy-police-bust-migrant-smuggling-network-38-arrests Mon, 04 Jul 2016 12:16:01 +0200 italy-police-bust-migrant-smuggling-network-38-arrests Italy is to begin removing the remains of hundreds of people from a sunken migrant boat after raising it from the Mediterranean seabed and towing it to Sicily, the navy announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160629/italy-to-remove-corpses-from-salvaged-migrant-boat Wed, 29 Jun 2016 17:04:18 +0200 italy-to-remove-corpses-from-salvaged-migrant-boat About 500 migrants each paid up to €15,000 to be smuggled into Italy as “employees” of the circus business, Italian police said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151110/migrant-acrobats-and-jugglers-smuggled-into-italy Tue, 10 Nov 2015 15:53:49 +0100 migrant-acrobats-and-jugglers-smuggled-into-italy