Italian police have arrested a Chinese couple accused of running a leather goods business which exploited immigrant workers it employed to make handbags for a Burberry supplier (BRBY.L), according to an arrest warrant seen by Reuters.
Tax police in Florence said in a statement that the two Chinese nationals were arrested on Wednesday as part of an investigation into alleged labour exploitation and tax fraud and that restrictive measures had been imposed on two other family members, including a ban on them leaving Italy.
British luxury group Burberry, which is not accused of any wrongdoing, had no immediate comment on the case.
The police statement, which did not name the companies involved, said the four had exploited immigrant workers from…
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