Prato, Italy: a look into fast fashion and the Chinese mafia. Discover how this textile centre has become a criminal ...

A violent power struggle between Chinese mafia groups is disrupting Italys fast fashion industry in Prato, Europes largest ...

The gangs' crimes tend to exclusively target fellow Chinese, and, like traditional mafias, they 'resort to intimidation ...

When Zhang Dayong lay in a pool of blood on a sidewalk in Rome after being shot six times, few suspected a link to Italy's ...

A ruthless “hanger war” is raging in Italy's textile hub of Prato, near Florence, turning Europe's largest apparel ...

Since early April, immigrant workers in the Tuscan city of Prato have staged a wave of strikes demanding their right to a ...

Prato's Chinese traditionally help each other and shun public welfare, but this "self-help" philosophy has crumbled in the face of growing poverty due to the COVID crisis.

The Prato area was a hub for mills and workshops, some of which made clothes and leather goods for the great fashion houses. If you were willing to be paid off the books, and by the piece, Prato ...

PRATO, Italy Over the years, Italy learned the difficult lesson that it could no longer compete with China on price. And so, its business class dreamed, Italy would sell quality, not quantity.

Housing in Prato comes in many shapes and sizes, and will be very different from what you are used to in the U.S. There is a wide variety of locations, room sizes, facilities, and services. This is ...