Turin chief prosecutor Armando
Spataro said Friday that he has issued an "order of European
investigation" over the case of French customs police making a
Nigerian migrant do a urine test last month at Bardonecchia - an
Italian city on the French border near Grenoble.
Spataro told a news conference he intends to take action
against five French customs officers after the March 30
intervention that Italy protested against.
The order requires the French authorities to identify the
officers and question them, in the presence of the Turin
investigators and a defence lawyer, in relation to alleged
violation of domicile and illegal search.
"The French customs officers did not have the right to
conduct that type of activity in Italian territory," said
Spataro.
France has said there was "no violation" of Italian
sovereignty, arguing there was only a strict application of a
1990 accord which allows controls to be carried out on each side
of the border.
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