"Exclusive-Italian prosecutors probing supply chain of around a dozen fashion brands, says source," 11 June 2024

Prosecutors in Milan are investigating the supply chain of around a dozen more fashion brands... after a unit of France's LVMH in Italy was placed under court administration in a worker exploitation probe.

... [A] Milan court appointed a commissioner to run an LVMH-owned maker of Dior-branded handbags after an investigation into four of its suppliers... uncovered illegal working conditions for staff.

On-site inspections... led prosecutors to allege workers were employed for extended hours, working often into the night and during holidays. Some of the staff slept where they worked, had no regular contracts, with two having illegally immigrated into Italy.

This is the third such decision this year by the Milan court...

Neither LVMH nor Armani are under investigation, while the suppliers targeted by the probe face accusations of worker exploitation...