Dozens Of Indian Nationals Freed From Slave-Like Conditions In Italy

A number of heavy machinery are seen parked at the entrance to the site of an under-construction road tunnel that had collapsed trapping 40 workers in Silkyara in the northern Indian state of U

Recently, a group of 33 Indian farm laborers was liberated from what authorities described as 'slave-like' working conditions near Verona in northern Italy. These individuals were reportedly subjected to grueling work hours of over 10 hours a day, seven days a week, for meager wages of approximately $4 per hour, with some payments being withheld.

Italian financial police seized over $500,000 in cash and assets from two Indian nationals suspected of being the orchestrators behind this exploitation. The funds are believed to be linked to the alleged 'sale' of these workers as 'low-cost labor'.