Italy’s luxurious hub rife with crime, employee exploitation, prosecutor says

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Reuters

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October 27, 2024

Italy’s Prato is a key industrial centre for the nation however this has led the realm to change into a crossroads for enterprise and criminals, the place the publicity of staff to exploitation and violence is rising exponentially, a neighborhood prosecutor mentioned.

The Tuscan metropolis is house to one of many largest concentrations of Chinese language-run companies in Europe, making garments and equipment bearing the prized “Made in Italy” label for the world’s largest vogue and luxurious teams.

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“It’s a reality that has created the grounds for infiltration by Mafia-type associations, both Italian and foreign,” Prato head prosecutor Luca Tescaroli wrote in reply to a questions in parliament seen by Reuters.

The Justice of the Peace mentioned investigations additionally unveiled corruption between native police and entrepreneurs and cost providers from which prison organisations benefited.

Prato and the encompassing space is “characterized by a criminal complexity and danger” which has worsened prior to now 12 months and would require extra police and magistrates, he added.

Through the years the realm has seen a collection of police raids and prison investigations into the alleged use of unlawful immigrants and failure to comply with primary labour and security guidelines.

Since 2023 there have additionally been a number of circumstances of aggression in direction of exploited staff, largely Pakistani, who’ve been protesting for higher working circumstances, Tescaroli wrote, including many had been “brutal aggressions”.

The prosecutor’s workplace has lately opened an investigation into alleged labour exploitation, aggravated accidents and threats after 4 folks had been injured by a hooded group wielding iron bars, whereas they had been protesting exterior 5 vogue workshops.

“The complex and articulated investigations confirm the pathological aspects” of labour exploitation exposing sweatshop-like circumstances with 13-hour days and only a few breaks, seven days per week, with wages of not more than three euros per hour, in precarious security circumstances, he wrote.

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