Salerno: measures implemented to block and revoke 3.339 applications for hiring non-EU workers

Today, personnel from the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Labour and the Guardia di Finanza of Salerno are carrying out the notification to the competent Prefectures, through the Ministry of the Interior, of two measures, issued by the Public Prosecutor's Office-DDA of Salerno, through which it is communicated to proceed, with reference to the administrative procedure governed by the Flow Decrees 2021/2022/2023/2024, to the blocking and revocation of 3.339 requests for the arrival in Italy of the same number of non-EU workers, submitted by 142 companies operating mainly in the sectors of agriculture, construction and domestic assistance.

According to the investigative findings, these companies would have been used by more criminal associations, operating in the Salerno area, already affected, last July, by personal precautionary measures for the crimes of facilitation of illegal immigration as well as from seizure of over one million euros (in cash) for the presentation of false requests for the hiring of non-EU citizens in order to allow their illegal entry into Italy.

The communication in question will allow the Prefectures to 29 provinces involved, distributed throughout the national territory, to proceed:

• al block of the process for granting the work permit, if the procedure for obtaining it is still in progress;
• to the signal to the competent Consular Authorities, if the work permit has already been issued, but the entry visa has not yet been issued or delivered to the foreigner or, if issued, the foreigner has not yet entered Italy;
• to the revokes of the benefit granted (any residence permit or residence contract stipulated), also involving the competent Police Headquarters, if the foreigner is already present in the territory of the State.

The measures in question, carried out thanks to the active collaboration of the Ministry of the Interior, are unique in their implementation methods.