Over a hundred Poles freed from Italian labor camp

Over 1,000 people were imprisoned in what looked liked labor camps. It is known that four persons committed suicide and Polish and Italian police believe that there could also be murders and deaths from exhaustion. During a joint operation of Polish and Italian police at least 25 persons involved in human trafficking were arrested, including Poles, Italians and Ukrainians. The operation called "Promised land" was coordinated by a special unit of Italian Carabinieri and the unit for human trafficking at the Polish Chief Police Headquarters with the help of Europol and Interpol. The police have already questioned 300 victims and intend to question another 700. Italian prosecutor Piero Foggi said, "There were inhuman conditions, they were real labor camps." The workers had to work 15 hours a days for EUR 1 per hour as their supervisors charged the rest for food and accommodation. They were beaten with metal posts and threatened with guns (Gazeta Wyborcza, pp. 1, 4; Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A4; Fakt, pp. 1, 4) E.B.