30% of farm work is irregular - 'agromafia' report

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 4 - Some 30% of farm work in Italy is irregular and often carried out by off-the-books migrants, according to the seventh annual 'agromafia' and gangmastering report from trade union FLAI CGIL out Wednesday.
    In 2023, 200,000 irregular workers were employed in the agricultural sector, equal to almost a third of all farm workers in Italy, said the report.
    The report also said that 50,000 women workers are the potential victims of exploitation.
    Women and men on average earn just over 6,000 euros a year, often subjected to exploitation and gangmastering, with significant segments of the 'exploitation chain' controlled by organized crime, th report said.
    Successive governments have tried to crack down on gangmastering and agro-mafias but with little success.
    In June a gangmaster left a Sikh worker to bleed out by the roadside at Latina south of Rome after a wrapping machine had severed his arm. (ANSA).