Italy, Turkey trade barbs over money-laundering probe into Erdogan's son

Rome and Ankara traded barbs on Tuesday over an Italian investigation into accusations that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's son Bilal Erdogan laundered money, Reuters reported.

Erdogan told RAI television that the probe by prosecutors in the northern city of Bologna, where Bilal had been studying, might affect bilateral links.

"If my son came back to Italy at this moment, he could be arrested," Erdogan said in an interview with the state broadcaster. "This could even cause problems for our relationship with Italy."