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Published on : 2021/05/14
Police in northeastern Italy have arrested two people accused of exploiting dozens of Pakistani migrant farmworkers. The laborers were reportedly underpaid, had to work without any coronavirus protections, and forced to pay for rooms in extremely run-down buildings.
Police in the Veneto region arrested two Pakistani nationals on Wednesday. They are accused of exploitating dozens of fellow Pakistani nationals.
An investigation into their operation was conducted between October and February after checks at agricultural businesses in the provinces around the cities of Treviso, Pordenone and Udine -- near Venice, in northeastern Italy -- led to the discovery of a business headquartered in Cessalto (Treviso) that recruited Pakistani farmworkers.