Italian media reports and a Libyan official say police in Turin have arrested a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes.

Italy has close ties to Libya’s internationally recognized government in Tripoli and relies on it to patrol its coasts and prevent migrants from leaving. Any trial of al-Masri in The Hague could bring unwanted attention to Italy’s migration policies and its support of Libya’s coast guard.

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ICC Seeks Answers After Italy Frees Libyan War Crimes Suspect By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters ... in Turin after receiving a tipoff from The Hague-based ICC, which had issued an international ...

ROME — Italian police arrested a Libyan warlord ... that al-Masri was arrested in Turin on Sunday on an warrant from The Hague-based court after he attended a Juventus-Milan soccer match the ...

ROME — Human rights groups voiced outrage Wednesday ... Court accusing him of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Hague-based court, for its part, issued a more diplomatic response ...

Italy's prime minister on Saturday addressed growing criticism of the repatriation of a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court, as Giorgia Meloni cited an appeals court order and security concerns.

Italy’s interior minister says he expelled Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court because he posed a danger to society. View on euronews

It has issued 32 unsealed arrest warrants. Those suspects range from Netanyahu and Putin to Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony and Gamlet Guchmazov, accused of torture in the breakaway region of South Ossetia in Georgia.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is facing a probe into her government's decision to repatriate a Libyan general wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and war crimes.

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However, Italian Justice Minister Carlo Nordio refused to approve the ICC arrest warrant, rendering it void, and al-Masri was freed on January 21. After that, al-Masri was taken to Tripoli on a military aircraft, where he was met by applauding admirers.