“… the regional councillor of the Mixed Group, Stefano Valdegamberi, who in a note denounces the expansion of a parallel system made up of forced labour, exploitation, tax evasion and fraud on traceability, which is bringing honest farming to its knees, leading to the lowering of prices…
In the Veneto region, Valdegamberi reports the activity of companies created with the sole purpose of importing vulnerable foreign labour, sometimes in return for bribes of up to eight thousand euro.
The working conditions offered are said to be seriously degrading, with wages of 2-3 euro per hour and housing situations described as ‘inhuman’. The agricultural products obtained through this system would then be placed in large-scale distribution at prices lower than the real production costs…
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