Fake migrant contracts: a Labor Inspectorate employee is in charge. All the names.

A structured network, capable of moving between public offices, agricultural companies, and tax assistance centers to circumvent the Flow Decree system and transform it into a machine capable of generating million-dollar profits.

This is the scenario reconstructed by investigators from the Naples Flying Squad, who executed 18 precautionary measures issued by the Naples investigating judge at the request of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate.

There are 37 people under investigation.

At the center of the investigation is a 63-year-old employee of the Naples Territorial Labor Inspectorate, believed by investigators to be the organization's operational leader. According to the investigation, he was responsible for ensuring that the practices followed a seemingly regular administrative process.

This key role would have allowed the network to easily obtain the necessary authorizations for foreign workers to enter Italy, even when no real job opportunities existed behind the request.

The heart of the system in Marcianise

According to investigations, the organization's operational center was located in Marcianise, in the province of Caserta.

From here, the procedures for obtaining authorizations for subordinate employment were managed, that is, the administrative provisions through which the Prefecture's One-Stop Shop for Immigration authorizes an employer to hire a foreign citizen residing abroad.

In theory, the system is designed to regulate the influx of foreign workers based on the needs of the Italian labor market.

According to investigators, however, the criminal network managed to transform this mechanism into a true parallel market for entry permits.

The role of the public employee

The central hub of the entire system would have been right inside a public office.

According to the police, the Labor Inspectorate employee was responsible for issuing so-called "appropriateness opinions," administrative documents certifying that an employer's hiring request is compatible with the company's structure and number of employees.

A decisive step in the bureaucratic process.

Thanks to the collaboration of other public employees, now under investigation, these opinions were issued even when the actual conditions did not justify new hires at all.

In this way, the requests appeared formally correct and could continue their administrative process until the authorization was issued.

Complacent farms and non-existent contracts

The system was also supported by the availability of compliant entrepreneurs, particularly agricultural business owners.

According to investigators, these companies were used as a formal cover to simulate the hiring of foreign workers who in reality had never performed any work.

In exchange, employers received a fee of up to €2 for each application. In effect, the company became a mere "bureaucratic showcase" needed to validate the worker's entry request.

The final passage to the Caf

The process was completed by a CAF in Caserta, considered by investigators to be a strategic piece of the organization.

Here the documents necessary to finalize the administrative process were prepared and transmitted.

The result was a seemingly regular dossier that allowed the applicant to obtain clearance from the One-Stop Shop for Immigration. Behind the formal procedure, however, there were no real job opportunities.

The price of “safe practice”

The system also worked because it had a well-defined price list.

According to investigations, migrants interested in entering Italy paid between €6.500 and €9 for what was presented as a "safe procedure." This was a huge investment for those seeking a future career in the country.

In many cases, however, once they arrived in Italy, the workers discovered that the promised job did not exist, finding themselves without a job and with a fragile administrative position.

Three thousand applications blocked

During the investigation, investigators managed to identify and block approximately 3 suspicious transactions related to the network.

This number reflects the scale of the phenomenon and suggests a potentially enormous business, considering the average cost of each case.

The organizational structure, according to investigators, was now well-established and capable of managing a continuous flow of entry requests through the Flows Decree system.

The CGIL's warning: "The real victims are migrants."

The CGIL of Naples and Campania intervened in the case, describing it as an extremely serious situation.

According to the union, the scam system linked to the Flows Decree demonstrates the structural flaws of the Click Day mechanism, which over the years has fueled a parallel market of illegal intermediations.

"We believe the fraud surrounding the Flows Decree must be addressed seriously and decisively," the CGIL union states. "Investigations and arrests are fine, but we cannot forget the victims of this affair."

The reference is specifically to foreign workers who, after paying thousands of euros, find themselves without work and often without regular documents.

The union believes it is necessary to find a form of regularization for those trapped in this system.

List of those arrested

1. ALLOSSO Giuseppe
2. BRUNITO Gabriele
3. OF THE Aniello VALLEY
4. EL HHALLOUMI Cherki
5. JABBOUR Larbi
6. LAL Harbans
7. LAMPITELLI Salvatore
8. MONTI Ciro
9. Porphyry Joseph
10. RAINONE Francesco
11. RICCIARDI Giuseppe
12. Agostino STAIRCASE
13. SINGH Sukhjit
14. TARTARUS Michael
15. TESONE Raffaele,

House arrest

1. AYAT BAIYH Hafid
2. LANDOLFO Antonio
3. PEZONE Giovanni