Tag: euros, illicit drugs, Italy
Italy seizes illicit drugs worth one billion euros
Italian police said Wednesday they had seized a 14-tonne haul of amphetamines made by the Islamic State group in Syria, calling it the biggest seizure of such...
Human trafficking: Italy detains 10 Nigerians
Italian police have detained 10 Nigerians accused of running a human trafficking ring that allegedly used voodoo rituals and promises of jobs to lure migrants to...
Greece, Italy sign accord on maritime zones in Ionian Sea
Greece and Italy signed an agreement on maritime boundaries on Tuesday, establishing an exclusive economic zone between the two countries and resolving...
Italy shuts ports to migrant ships
Italian ports cannot be considered safe because of the coronavirus epidemic and will not let charity migrant boats dock, the government has ruled. The decision...
FG bans travels from China, Italy, US, UK, nine others
The Federal Government on Wednesday placed a travel ban on 13 high-risk coronavirus countries. The countries are China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Japan,...
FG bans travels from China, Italy, US, UK, nine others
The Federal Government on Wednesday placed a travel ban on 13 high-risk coronavirus countries. The countries are China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Japan,...
Italy allows migrant rescue boat stranded at sea to dock
A charity ship carrying hundreds of people rescued in the Mediterranean said on Tuesday it had received permission to dock in Italy as European governments tried...
Italy-bound migrants rescued in the Mediterranean
No fewer than 500 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean by two boats run by aid agencies, the groups said Monday, adding that the rescued migrants were...
Migrants boat crisis: Italy’s Salvini asks to be put on trial
The leader of Italy’s right-wing League party, Matteo Salvini, has defiantly asked to be put on trial over his handling of migrants at sea last year when he was...
Bodies of seven migrants on capsized boat found off Italy
Rescue authorities found the bodies of seven migrants, including five women, after their boat capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, coastguard officials...
Grimaldi ship catches fire off Italy
A roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) ferry operated by Italian Grimaldi Group caught fire off the coast of Livorno on Thursday. At the time of the incident, the 20,198 GT...
Commission probes Italy’s ports tax exemptions
The European Commission announced it has opened an in-depth investigation into tax exemptions granted under Italian law to ports amid concerns of competition...
