Farm labourers near Naples were
allegedly lashed with belts after taking a timeout or left
without hospital treatment after serious illness, the Public
Prosecutor's Office of Santa Maria Capua Vetere said Thursday on
the suspected illegal hiring of foreign farm hands in the
Caserta area.
The probe has ed to the issuance of four residence bans in the
province of Caserta for agricultural entrepreneurs from Marano
di Napoli, accused of the crimes of labor exploitation and
employment of illegal labor.
They allegedly forced the mainly North African hands to work for
11 hours a day at a pittance.
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