Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been placed under investigation over a government decision to release a Libyan police officer wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Here is the background to the case and a look at what might happen next.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is under investigation by Rome prosecutors over her government’s decision to return a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court back to the north African country.

Osama Elmasry Njeem was freed and sent home after being detained in Italy under an International Criminal Court arrest warrant Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday she had been placed under judicial investigation following a government decision to release a Libyan police officer wanted by the International Criminal Court.

ROME — Italian police arrested a Libyan warlord on a warrant from the International Criminal Court, but an Italian tribunal refused to approve the arrest and he was instead sent back to Libya, Italy's state-run RAI television reported. Ossama Anjiem ...

The UN Support Mission in Libya called on the Tripoli authorities Saturday to detain a war crimes suspect who was sent home by Italy despite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant.

A senior member of Libya's judicial police has been given a hero's welcome back home after Italy unexpectedly released him from jail just two days after arresting him on a warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Like all states parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Italy has the obligation to arrest individuals sought by the court. Recent developments, however, suggest Italian authorities are seeking to evade that obligation.

Responding to reports of the arrest in Italy of Osama Njeem, long-term member of the Tripoli-based militia Deterrence Apparatus for Combatting Terrorism

Premier Giorgia Meloni said Thursday after she and some ministers were informed by a prosecutor Tuesday of a lawyer's complaint over the release and return to Libya of wanted war criminal Osama Almasri that anyone in her shoes would be a bit disheartened over the alleged judicial mistreatment she has suffered.

Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Thursday blasted Rome Chief Prosecutor Francesco Lo Voi for notifying Premier Giorgia Meloni and other members of the government that the case of a Libyan police official who was sent back home from Italy after being detained on an International Criminal Court arrest warrant was being looked at following a complaint by a lawyer.

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.