«The news coming from Calabria is extremely serious and arouses profound indignation. I trust in the work of the judiciary which will shed full light by ascertaining the dynamics of the facts and identifying responsibilities.” This was stated by the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry, Francesco Lollobrigida, speaking on the murder of the four laborers which occurred in the Cosentino area.
«The State’s fight against crime is necessary, there is no place in Italy where human lives can be considered objects to be disposed of or, even worse, decide when they can live or die. It is not only against our laws, but it is against our morals”, adds the minister.
The reference to the contrast of gangmastering
Lollobrigida underlines the initiatives adopted by the Government to combat illegality in the world of work and gangmastering.
«With the Meloni Government we have increased the fight against gangmastering, we have established the social conditionality clause excluding companies that do not respect the laws from receiving public money. We have invested in technologies and use them to fight crime. We have increased the flow of regular workers to keep foreigners arriving in Italy to work in seasonal jobs on a path of full legality.”
«Don’t stop in the fight against illegality»
According to the minister, the serious episode that occurred in the Cosentino area must not slow down the action to combat criminal phenomena.
«This event may discourage, but it must not stop us from continuing to prosecute criminal episodes», concludes Lollobrigida, reiterating the need to continue with determination in the fight against all forms of exploitation and illegality.