'As if we were the disease': coronavirus brings prejudice for Italy's Chinese workers
Xenophobia and job losses prompt textile industry staff in Tuscany to consider returning to China
May 2019
Exploitation in focus
'I had pain all over my body': Italy’s tainted tobacco industry
Migrants working in areas supplying Philip Morris, British American Tobacco and Imperial Brands allege abuses including low pay and illegal contracts
August 2016
Modern-day slavery in focus
Government cuts will enfeeble Italy's fight against sex trafficking, says UN
As trafficking of Nigerian women reaches crisis levels, curtailment of anti-trafficking schemes in Sicily and elsewhere jeopardises government efforts to curb trade
November 2014
Modern-day slavery in focus
Traffickers turn to teenagers to drive migrant boats across Mediterranean
People smugglers in Egypt and Libya are escaping justice by using children to ferry migrants to Europe, leaving the youngsters to face jail and huge fines
October 2014
Modern-day slavery in focus
Thousands of African child migrants feared in thrall to Italian traffickers
More than 3,000 minors may have fallen victim to forced labour and sexual exploitation after vanishing from homes and shelters. Luca Muzi reports
