Carabinieri police on Thursday
arrested Renzo Lovato and served an arrest warrant in prison on
his son Antonello, Satnam Singh's employers, on gangmastering
charges issued by State attorneys in the Lazio city of Latina.
The off-the-books 31-year-old farm labourer bled out last June
after being dumped outside his hut with an arm severed by
wrapping machinery placed beside him on a fruit picking box at
Latina south of Rome last year.
Antonello Lovato was arrested last July on suspicion of causing
Singh's manslaughter death after he died of a massive
haemorrhage which investigators believe would in all likelihood
have been saved if he had been promptly assisted.
The father and son, the legal representatives of the firm that
employed Singh off the books, face charges of gangmastering,
aggravated exploitation on the job and of employing and
exploiting foreigners without a residence permit by taking
advantage of their state of need.
The arrest warrants were served following an investigation that
was opened on June 17, on the day of the fatal accident.
The other off-the-books workers employed by the pair at the time
of the incident, who provided key evidence, were granted special
residence permits at the request of Carabinieri police in
Latina.
The Lovatos are in particular accused of employing over three
irregular workers between August 2022 and June 2024, allegedly
exposing them to situations of grave danger and paying them
meagre salaries, without granting them an adequate number of
days off.
Authorities have also placed their farm under judicial
administration.
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