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Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida said it was a “tragedy which mustn’t leave us indifferent and on which full light must be shed.” The government of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is “on the frontline … to fight against all forms of labor exploitation,” he added.
At least one in every four agricultural workers in Europe is a migrant. The Mafia-led exploitation of irregular migrants is rife in Italy, where it is called caporalato.
Calderone told Tgcom24 that thanks to “intelligence and data cross-referencing, we will be able to map what is happening in the fields and we will be able to intervene.” The intensification of “sweeping checks” will be seen day by day, she added.