Italy Is Stepping Up Its Efforts To Clean Up Chinese Clothing Factories.

　　 Prato City, Italy It was a clothing business in China. In 2008, the financial crisis reduced business, and the police started last year. Strengthen mop up Inside the city Hua Zi garment factory It makes the livelihood of Chinese businessmen and local Chinese immigrants worse.

Prato is located in Tuscany, central Italy. There are as many as 3400 small Chinese funded factories, which produce clothing for famous brands such as Zara and H&M. Local police just cleaned up a Chinese factory this week and said that at least 6 Chinese workers were living in factories illegally, and the factory buildings were unsafe and poorly hygienic. Police say they will drive workers, confiscate products and close factories.

The factory director reluctantly indicated that the operation of the factory was in complete compliance with the regulations and did not understand why it was a target of the police. She said that with the impact of the financial crisis in 2008, orders for this year were very few, but the rent was still paid, and the police action made the business more difficult.

It is reported that in Chinese garment factories, the materials needed for making garments are imported, which is 10 times cheaper than the local ones. Chinese laborers were responsible for the entire garment making process. After the garments were made, they were sold on the clothes "made in Italy" and sold for about 5 euros (about 51 HK dollars). A coat was sold for about 10 euros (about HK $102), and trucks transported goods to Eastern Europe and Northern Europe on the 7 day of the week.

Prato residents elected new mayor last year, and he promised to break the monopoly of Chinese businessmen in the local garment industry and to crack down on crimes related to Chinese people. After he took office, the police really intensified their efforts to mop up Chinatown, including investigating money laundering, big ears and trafficking in gangs.

Prato police believe that a large number of Chinese immigrants have become hotbeds of gangsters. Qin Ni insisted that the police were sweeping to protect Chinese workers from exploitation. A reporter said that Chinese workers worked 18 hours a day, living conditions were very poor, and there was no work contract. But the Chinese think they make the local garment industry reborn. Chinese officials in Italy said: "at present, it is not a war. The Italian authorities have deployed police and helicopters to mop up and overdo it."