Florida cases echo Italy’s gangmaster economy
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Florida cases echo Italy’s gangmaster economy
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said her country was shocked by the horrific murder of four migrant farm workers. In Amendolara, a small town in Calabria, the migrants were burned alive inside a van at a gas station after reportedly demanding wages they were owed. Three were Afghans, one was Pakistani. A fifth man survived. Italian police later arrested two Pakistani nationals. The case pushed Italy’s farm-labor exploitation back into focu…
On 1 June, three Afghan agricultural workers and one Pakistani were burned alive in a car, probably by two Pakistanis who exploited them. A tragedy reminiscent of the terrible conditions in which many immigrants work in southern Italy, denounces the Stampa, which went there.
A shockwave swept through Italy when the facts became known. On June 2, in the southern Italian municipality of Amendolara, three Afghans and one Pakistani were burned alive in their vehicle. The fire was set by two caporali, two Pakistanis, their immediate supervisors in seasonal work in Italy. The four men were burned alive by the others because they had insisted on the payment of outstanding wages. The doors of the van were barricaded and the…
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