Angri and San Giuseppe Vesuviano: two textile factories seized for gangmastering

Two textile companies seized and the entire share capital of a company subjected to preventive seizure. It is the result of an operation carried out today by the Carabinieri of the Labor Protection Group of Naples, in execution of a provision issued by the investigating judge of the Court of Nocera Inferiore at the request of the Public Prosecutor's Office.

The seizures concern two factories with offices in Angri, in the Salerno area, and in San Giuseppe Vesuviano, in the Neapolitan area. The crimes contested are illicit intermediation and exploitation of labour, the employment of workers without a residence permit and the willful failure to take precautions against accidents at work.

The investigations, started last March, made it possible to identify a total of 102 workers employed in the two plants. According to what emerged from the investigations, many were employed "under the table", while some were found to be without the required residence permit.

The investigators would also have found working conditions characterized by particularly demanding shifts, salaries considered not to be proportionate to the activity carried out and serious violations of the regulations on health and safety in the workplace.

The preventive seizure measure was ordered to prevent the continuation of the conduct under investigation and as a function of the possible confiscation of assets.