Following the murder of four foreign agricultural workers in Amendolara, Calabria, Italy, the reality of labor exploitation has once again come under scrutiny. One migrant worker with a legitimate contract testified that he was promised job placement and assistance with residency procedures by a middleman, but upon arrival in Italy, he was cut off from contact and defrauded of €11,000. After being forced to live on the streets for two weeks, he was introduced by another middleman to housing where 25 people were crammed into a two-room home. Authorities are investigating the relationships between middlemen and employers, as well as the structural nature of labor exploitation. Labor unions are demanding stricter enforcement of laws and enhanced oversight, asserting that low-wage labor and deplorable living conditions orchestrated by illegal intermediaries continue to be widespread.