(ANSA) - Lecce, October 15 - Prosecutors in the southern
city of Lecce on Wednesday sought to indict 15 people on charges
of enslavement, extortion, and aggravated fraud against the
State.
The 15 suspects from a Spanish firm called Tecnova
allegedly exploited 438 mostly African immigrants, making them
work in conditions of near-slavery to build solar-panel parks in
the Salento area of Puglia.
A preliminary hearing will be held in Lecce on December 17.
Indictments sought for enslavement, extortion in Puglia
Hundreds of Africans built solar panels in slavery conditions