Italian former prime minister Matteo Renzi has demanded penalties for NGOs shown to be cooperating with people smugglers after NGO Jugend Rettet had their ship confiscated by the government on suspicion of collusion with smugglers. The former Italian Prime Minister, who heads the Democratic Party (PD) voiced his support for the Italian government’s increased pressure of migrant rescue NGOs operating in the Mediterranean. “Those who do not respect the rules must be strictly punished,” Renzi said in an interview with an Italian broadcaster Friday Die Presse reports. The Italian government put forth a code of conduct for the NGOs to agree to which included transparency of their funding and would see the government exercise more oversight over the organization’s operations. Two NGOs refused to sign the agreement including Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and a German NGO called Jugend Rettet. Italy Seizes German NGO Boat for ‘Clandestine Immigration’ and Contacting People Smugglers https://t.co/0hJ2fYb5Fs — Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) August 3, 2017 Earlier this week the vessel of Jugend Rettet, the “Iuventa,” was arrested by the Italian coastguard and confiscated after suspicions of collusion with people smugglers. Jugend Rettet demanded their vessel back Friday with their lawyer Leonardo Marino submitting an application to have