Finance police on
Monday issued citations to six people for labour exploitation
and illicit brokerage with threats, violence and intimidation,
following an investigation that found day labourers in citrus
groves were allegedly paid one euro per hour for ten-hour work
days without breaks or food.
The citations were issued to four Italians, one Bulgarian
and one Pakistani - all alleged gangmasters.
Finance police in Sibari in the Calabrian province of
Cosenza said the labourers, who were both Italian and foreign,
were also forced to pay 100 euros a month for a bed in
non-ventilated shipping containers.
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