检察官和司法消息人士周五表示，意大利时装品牌 Patrizia Pepe 和 Dixie 因涉嫌在托斯卡纳的供应链中剥削外籍工人，已被置于法院托管之下。
Italian fashion labels Patrizia Pepe and Dixie have been placed under court administration over the alleged exploitation of foreign workers in their supply chain in Tuscany, prosecutors and judicial sources said on Friday.
普拉托市首席检察官卢卡·泰斯卡罗利在一份声明中表示，该措施针对的是两家依靠无良分包商降低生产成本的公司，但他未点名。司法消息人士随后证实了这两家公司的身份。
The measure targeted two companies that relied on unscrupulous subcontractors to lower production costs, Luca Tescaroli, chief prosecutor in the city of Prato, said in a statement, without naming them. Judicial sources later confirmed the companies' identities.
Patrizia Pepe 的发言人暂无即时置评，Dixie 的发言人未立即回应路透社的置评请求。
A spokesperson for Patrizia Pepe had no immediate comment, while a spokesperson for Dixie did not immediately respond to a request from Reuters.
近年来，米兰法院已对其他知名品牌采取类似行动，包括 LVMH 旗下（LVMH.PA）羊绒公司 Loro Piana 以及 Valentino 和 Giorgio Armani 旗下的部门，给整个意大利时装业施加压力，要求其改善劳工标准。
Milan courts have taken similar moves in recent years against other well-known labels, including LVMH-owned (LVMH.PA) cashmere firm Loro Piana and units of fashion houses Valentino and Giorgio Armani, putting pressure on the entire Italian fashion industry to improve labour standards.
被置于托管意味着，法院指派的外部托管人将核实 Patrizia Pepe 和 Dixie 为满足法官关于清理供应链的要求而应采取的步骤。不过，这两家公司并未面临任何刑事调查。
Being placed under administration means that court-appointed external administrators will verify steps due to be taken by Patrizia Pepe and Dixie to meet judges' demands on the cleanup of their supply chains. The two companies, however, are not under any criminal investigation.
泰斯卡罗利表示，将它们置于监管之下的佛罗伦萨法院谴责它们“因疏忽不作为且未能行使适当监管”，针对的是剥削孟加拉国和阿尔巴尼亚工人的分包商。
The Florence court that placed them under supervision reprimanded them for "culpable inaction and failure to exercise proper oversight" on subcontractors who exploited Bangladeshi and Albanian workers, Tescaroli said.
泰斯卡罗利说，这些工人薪资微薄、被迫长时间工作、被剥夺假期，并持续遭受骚扰和虐待，他补充说，配合调查的 18 名工人将获得合法居留许可。
The workers were poorly paid, forced to work long hours, denied holidays and constantly harassed and abused, Tescaroli said, adding that 18 of them who cooperated with investigators would be offered legal residence permits.
该检察官还表示，这是纺织城市普拉托首起涉及阿尔巴尼亚分包商的劳工虐待案件，称他们采用了传统上与华人血汗工厂相关的犯罪手段。
The prosecutor also said it was the first labour abuse case in the textile city of Prato involving Albanian subcontractors, saying they had adopted criminal practices traditionally associated with Chinese-owned sweatshops.