MILAN — More Italian fashion companies have come under scrutiny for their ties to subcontractors allegedly involved in labor exploitation and sweatshop schemes. Paul & Shark’s parent Dama SpA and Aspesi’s Alberto Aspesi & C. SpA have been put into judicial administration by a Milan court for their alleged negligence in auditing their suppliers. More from WWD The development comes as part of a labor abuse case filed by Milan prosecutors Daniela Bartolucci and Paolo Storari, who reportedly found that both c ...

So, check this out. Imagine a 9-year-old girl named Angelica. She wakes before sunrise in a remote village in the Philippines.Her hands already calloused from years of labor. She doesn't go to school. Instead, she walks barefoot to a nearby gold mine where she spends most of her days waste deep in toxic slurry, sifting for flexcks of gold.Cyanide and mercury swirl around her, silently poisoning her body. She's one of thousands of children trapped in a cycle of environmental degradation, labor exploitation, ...