Statewatch | Italy: Police operation against life-saving civil society organisation
Italy: Police operation against life-saving civil society organisation 02 March 2021 At dawn on Monday 1 March the Italian authorities launched an operation against the NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans, which undertakes missions in the Mediterranean to save people in distress at sea, accusing them of receiving money in exchange for taking on board migrants who had been rescued by the Maersk Etienne tanker. According to a report in Mediterranea are under investigation. A statement published by the Ragusa public prosecutor's office (pdf) says that the operation concerns the offences of aiding an...
Source: statewatch.org