ROME (AP) — Italian prosecutors have placed luxury group Tod’s and three of its executives under investigation for suspected labor abuses and exploitation, judicial documents showed on Thursday.

According to the documents, seen by The Associated Press, Milan prosecutor Paolo Storari has also requested a six-month ban on the company’s advertising, with a hearing on the case set for Dec. 3.

In the documents, prosecutors allege that Tod’s — known for its high-end loafers and bags — was fully aware of and complicit in labor exploitation of Chinese workers at subcontracted workshops in Milan and the Marche region.

Tod’s said in a short statement on Thursday it was calmly reviewing the allegations.

In the documents, Storari noted a sort of “intentional blindness” from Tod’s, which had also

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