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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