Some 30% of farm work in Italy is
irregular and often carried out by off-the-books migrants,
according to the seventh annual 'agromafia' and gangmastering
report from trade union FLAI CGIL out Wednesday.
In 2023, 200,000 irregular workers were employed in the
agricultural sector, equal to almost a third of all farm workers
in Italy, said the report.
The report also said that 50,000 women workers are the potential
victims of exploitation.
Women and men on average earn just over 6,000 euros a year,
often subjected to exploitation and gangmastering, with
significant segments of the 'exploitation chain' controlled by
organized crime, th report said.
Successive governments have tried to crack down on gangmastering
and agro-mafias but with little success.
In June a gangmaster left a Sikh worker to bleed out by the
roadside at Latina south of Rome after a wrapping machine had
severed his arm.
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