Police in the northern city of Cremona on Tuesday carried out an operation to place under house arrest suspected gang-masters who are accused of forcing migrants to work in degrading and unsafe conditions for just three euros per hour, investigative sources said.
According to the probe, which was carried out between April and November last year, the criminal ring of gang-masters used migrants to collect second-hand clothes that were subsequently sold in North Africa.
The organization operated in Cremona as well as in the provinces of Como, Bergamo and Reggio Emilia, investigators said.
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