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).

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she has been placed under judicial investigation over her country’s surprise release of a Libyan police officer wanted by the International Criminal Court. In a video message posted to social media on Tuesday,

Meloni described the probe as 'clearly a deliberate act' and that the prosecutor who passed on the complaint to the court was 'not normal'.