Rights groups claims sweatshop link to Zara

International fashion giant Zara has come under fire from a human rights group after Argentinian police swooped on sweatshops making clothes bearing its labels.

Rights groups claims sweatshop link to Zara

Sewing equipment and bunk beds were found at one warehouse in Buenos Aires. It is believed that 21 workers, mostly migrants, were working 16-hour shifts in slavery-like conditions.

Videos and photographs of the three workplaces are to be used in a complaint against the three clothing manufacturers, Zara, Cara Cruz, and Ayres, whose labels and designs were found in the building.

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