Identified another 30 slaves workshops linked to Zara

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This is not an isolated case. 

According to the Brazilian government,  two Sao Paulo workshops  in which  illegal immigrants Zara clothing manufactured under conditions that brushed against slavery  are just the tip of the iceberg. 

The Ministry of Labor  of the South American giant ensures that at least 33 other workshops subcontracted by the Galician company would have detected the same irregularities: overcrowding, unsanitary working conditions and poverty wages . 

But the multinational  Inditex, which owns Zara , insists that it is  an "exceptional situation" , as noted yesterday  El Confidencial  an official spokesman of the textile group founded by  Amancio Ortega .

As revealed yesterday fiscal audit of the Ministry of Labor  Juliana Cassiano  newspaper  O Globo , the largest circulationthe country, most of the 15 Bolivian and Peruvian immigrants released in two workshops of  Sao Paulo  had no documents  had been smuggled into Brazil networks trafficking in human beings  and worked in a "terrible" conditions. 

His workday was 16 hours a day,  crammed with  five children  in a tiny space that  served both workshop and housing , with one dirty bathroom and no hot water, "and everything to gain 200 or 300 actual  [between 90 and 130 euros] and  be in debt to the mafias . 

The situation was very, very serious ".

Inditex  returned yesterday to hold firm  AHA,  one of its 50 suppliers in Brazil, having  contracted in an "unauthorized" making garments Zara  in two clandestine textile workshops discovered by the authorities of that country. 

But the Ministry of Labor inspectors reject the arguments of the multinational Arteixo (A Coruña). "If we can trace the production chain, Inditex can also do so" , says Cassiano. 

"And if Inditex is able to control the quality of its products throughout the production process, why not do the same with labor hiring?".

Second operation since May

Last May, a similar operation deployed to  Sao Paulo  allowed the  Regional Superintendent of Labor and Employment dismantle  several  sweatshops in the city of Americana , within the Sao Paulo region. 

On that occasion they were freed 52 workers, nearly all Bolivian nationals, who were being exploited and subjected to a degrading working conditions. 

According to sources from the television network  Band  's second in Brazil, whose reporters uncovered the alleged irregularities committed  by Zara in Sao Paulo - most of the 52 workers  slaves  freed  also elaborated garments for Spanish fashion brand.

The spokesman for  Inditex  consulted by  El Confidencial said that "the seriousness of this company is exemplary , " and noted that the textile group held annually over a thousand  supplier audits of their brands around the world to ensure they meet your code of conduct . 

"We are collaborating with the Brazilian authorities to review the production systems of our suppliers and prevent cases like Sao Paulo reoccur". 

The representative of the Galician multinational dodged commenting, however,  the denunciation of the Ministry of Labor  on the  existence of at least another 30 sweatshops  linked to  Zara.