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Italy impounds $631m cocaine in container, cargo ship
Italian police on Thursday said it has seized 2.7 tons of cocaine worth an estimated $631million…
Italy impounds 2.7 tons of cocaine aboard cargo ship
Italian police on Thursday announced the seizure of 2.7 tons of cocaine, the largest drug…
Italy’s Interior Minister mulls legal action against migrant ships
Italy’s Minister of Interior, Matteo Salvini on Sunday said he was considering legal action against the…
EU asks Italy, Spain to align port taxation
The European Commission has proposed that Italy and Spain align their taxation of ports with state…
Stranded migrants beg Italy, others to let them in
After two weeks stranded at sea and battered by winter storms, migrants onboard a rescue ship…
Italy shuts ports against migrants
Italy on Saturday closed its ports to hundreds of migrants rescued off Libya who face a…
OPL 245: Russia urges Italy to drop bribery charges against envoy
Russia has asked Italy to drop charges against a former ambassador caught up in Nigeria’s OPL…
Italy accuses NGO migrant ship of dumping toxic waste
Italian magistrates on Tuesday accused the Doctors without Borders (MSF) charity of illegally dumping toxic waste…
Italy faults U.N. rights chief remarks on migrants
Italy has rejected remarks by U.N. Human Rights Chief, Michelle Bachelet, on its treatment of migrants…
African migrants rejected by Italy were tortured, raped – IOM
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday said that African migrants rejected by Italy in…
Migrants: Italy threatens to bar EU naval ships from ports
Unless the European Union comes up with ways to share the burden of taking…