Italy protests to Venezuela over arrest of NGO worker

FILE PHOTO: Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani looks on during a press conference in the building of the Italian embassy, in Baabda, Lebanon, January 10, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

ROME (Reuters) - Italy summoned Venezuela's chief diplomat in Rome on Wednesday to protest over a lack of information on the fate of an Italian national arrested in the Latin American country two months ago, the foreign ministry said.

NGO worker Alberto Trentini, 45, was arrested in Venezuela in November but no formal charges have been pressed against him, his family has said, urging Rome's government to maximise efforts for his release.