Apulia region southern Italy, Italy
113 Polish people were liberated from a labor camp in Italy. "They were forced to work beyond their powers for no money or symbolic payment. What is more, they lived in conditions which were below minimal, social standards."
Location
Italy · Apulia region southern Italy · 2010 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
yes, police was involved and 27 people were convicted in Italy.
" The Police forces of both Italy and Polandliberated 113 victims of THB kept as “slaves” at the labour camps in the region of Apulia: these people were forced to work on the agriculture farms in the area of Orta Nova, Foggia and Ceriniola" (Pdf file Poland Trafficking in Human Beings Report 2008).
"Due to the number of people/Polish citizens applying in Bari, the consul informed Polish and Italian authorities about growing problem and probability of Trafficking in Human Beings for the purpose of labour exploitation". (Pdf Poland Trafficking in Human Beings report 2008P
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