A preliminary
investigations judge in the Marche city of Ascoli Piceno on
Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for an Italian man and two
Libyan nationals on suspicion of international arms trafficking.
Ascoli Piceno native Franco Giorgi, 73, is presently in
Libya, where he has been detained since March 2015.
His two Libyan alleged accomplices are being sought.
Earlier on Tuesday, Carabinieri police arrested an Egyptian
national in the Abruzzo town of Ancarano as part of the same
investigation. He is accused of being an international arms and
weapons of war broker.
The investigation was sparked when Giorgi's family reported
him missing last year.
Sources say the Ascoli Piceno native is being held in Libya
by an unspecified organization for accepting a monetary advance
on a shipment of weapons that failed to materialize.
The investigation is being carried out in cooperation with
British and Slovenian police, sources said.
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