MILAN — Diego Della Valle got vocal on Friday, expressing his criticism of the conduct of Milan prosecutors in their allegations of labor abuse in Tod’s supply chain that emerged on Wednesday.

Gathering journalists in the afternoon at the group’s headquarters on Milan’s Corso Venezia, the Tod’s Group chairman and chief executive officer clarified the company’s position in the probe — which alleged the group had sub-suppliers engaged in sweatshop schemes it failed to properly audit. Della Valle did not get into specifics as a matter of respect for and protection against the ongoing proceedings.

The executive also voiced his defense of Made in Italy ethics.

“What I have seen happen truly does not reflect our mentality, does not reflect what we have sought to build over the past 5

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