Two alleged gangmasters accused of
effectively enslaving 33 Indian farm labourers in the province
of Verona were arrested on Saturday.
The two suspects, who are also Indian nationals, are under
investigation for crimes including enslavement and labour
exploitation.
Finance police also seized assets worth 475,000 euros from the
suspects, who own two agricultural sector companies with no
employees on the books and are allegedly total tax evaders.
The problem of modern forms of slavery in Italy recently came to
the fore of media attention following the case of Satnam Singh,
a 31-year-old off-the-books Indian farm labourer who bled to
death after being abandoned by his employer when his arm was
severed by a wrapping machine.
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