Italy's prosecutor seeks 6-year jail sentence for Salvini on migrant kidnapping charges


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  • Sunday, 15 Sep 2024

Italian Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini attends an event in Milan, Italy, June 19, 2024. REUTERS/Claudia Greco/File Photo

ROME (Reuters) - An Italian prosecutor on Saturday asked a judge to sentence right-wing League leader Matteo Salvini to six years in prison over his 2019 decision to prevent more than 100 migrants from landing in the country.

The then interior minister, who is currently serving as deputy prime minister and transport minister in Giorgia Meloni's government, has been charged with kidnapping and is awaiting sentencing following his decision that left the migrants stranded at sea.

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