Captain arrested after ship rams Italian police boat

LAMPEDUSA, Italy - Sea-Watch 3 skipper Carola Rackete faces jail time on Saturday after forcing her way into Italy's Lampedusa port with rescued migrants to end a lengthy standoff with authorities.

Spokesman Ruben Neugebauer for the German nonprofit Sea-Watch said the 31-year-old German captain was seized after bringing the ship into port without authorization on Friday.

Rackete, described as a "pain in the neck" by Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, was detained for forcing her way past a police boat that tried to block her, a crime punishable by three to 10 years in jail.