An Italian fruit&veg giant was placed
in receivership Friday over alleged gang mastering of its
workers, who were allegedly paid slave wages for 12-hour days.
Grocery wholesaler Spreafico SpA, which has an annual turnover
of 350 million euros, was placed into administration by a Milan
court.
Some six million euros of assets were seized.
Farm cooperatives supplied extremely low paid workers to the
company, police said.
Spreafico denies the charges.
Gang mastering is a major problem in Italy, especially among
crop pickers.
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