Ms. Clemente’s death in July 2015 moved Italian legislators to pass a law last year aimed at combating exploitation of agricultural workers. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyEven now, no woman who worked through a recruiter would speak for attribution for fear of losing her job. “When we started interviewing Ms. Clemente’s colleagues, we faced a wall of silence,” said Nicola Altiero, provincial commander in Bari for Italy’s financial police. Before she died in mid-July 2015, Ms. Clemente was showing signs of malaise on the bus, her fellow workers told the police. Advertisement Continue reading the main storySometimes, Ms. Clemente’s co-workers would tease her because she fell asleep while they were talking to her.

Source: New York Times April 12, 2017 00:33 UTC