Cutro shipwreck, Salvini: ‘It is shameful to prosecute military personnel rather than traffickers and smugglers’

Florence, 31 January (LaPresse) – “Yesterday, while I was in Calabria to meet with mayors affected by bad weather, another shameful trial began against two coastguard officers and four finance police officers for the Cutro shipwreck. That is, instead of going after the traffickers and smugglers, they are investigating the finance police and coast guard officers. For some people, justice has truly been turned on its head. It’s not possible.” This was said by Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini in Florence on the sidelines of the “Io sto col poliziotto” (I stand with the police) initiative for the legal protection of law enforcement officers in the security decree.