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Judge Lifts Judicial Control on Two Italian Fashion Firms in Worker Exploitation Case

A court-appointed administrator ‌need no longer monitor the two firms’ operations, the first time a judge has not upheld such a measure in a series of similar cases involving luxury fashion.
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The March 17 move had brought to seven the number of high-end brands ⁠put ​under various forms of judicial administration because ​of suspected labour violations. (Unsplash)

An Italian judge has lifted the judicial control imposed by Milan prosecutors on two Italian fashion firms over alleged worker exploitation, court documents ​seen by

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