this is d.w. news live from berlin russian opposition leader i like saying the valley is no longer in an induced coma doctors treating him here in berlin say he has regained consciousness and is responsive after becoming ill more than 2 weeks ago the german government says no valley was poisoned green the nerve agent novacek also coming out of california is a black he says wildfires sweep through the stacked the lightest reportedly caused by the fireworks and fanned by record temperatures and.

the way that plays along as early instead of opera holds its annual opening concert you see it devoted to movie front page over. i'm tired read it's great to have you with us the 1000000000 hospital treating russian opposition leader alexander valmy says he has been taken out of him in juice karma and that his condition is improving doctors also say that he is awake and responsive the german government believes no valmy was poisoned with a nerve agent nava chalk in an attempted assassination it has demanded answers from the kremlin. things look bad for russian activists alexina valmy over 2 weeks ago after boarding a flight in siberia he started to moan and scream in pain 3 days later he was in

a medically induced coma and being flown to berlin to get treatment from burley and doctors. they say it's beyond doubt that novelli was poisoned with a highly toxic nerve agent in all the chalk but on monday those doctors had some good news he's awake they say he's responding to verbal communication and has been gradually taken off mechanical ventilation doctors stressed it's too early to judge if there's been any long term effects from the severe poisoning. as novelli begins his precarious recovery the political fallout from the poisoning has spread to the new completed nord stream to pipeline designed to transport russian gas to europe by germany. for good reasons to have the pipeline otherwise this project would not exist. but what i think would be wrong would be to rule out from the beginning. that what is happening right now could have an impact on the project. this

sentiment is echoed by chancellor merkel spokesperson. chancellor agrees it's wrong to rule anything out. the kremlin has denied any involvement in the placing of no foul me and says that the german government is stalling on providing russian authorities with details about the case. who earlier we spoke to detail the used political correspondent hans van tier in belding he told us more about the treatment that new found they use receiving here not only has been taken out of the coma that was off officially in juice in other words they have relations way off a lot of the wake up that he is responding to order to receiving those as the form is the way that they put it in other words if he's spoken to he is responding we don't know whether he's able to speak yet because he was also being helped with his breathing he had to chew on his throat and that is also slowly being reduced we don't know whether the troops have been complete removed so we don't know whether

he's able to speak it and the hospital is also adding that we do not know yet what the long term effects of this poison will be on objects and as only you can read in some of the literature that after such a poisoning it is possible for the person that has been poisoned is to recover almost completely but it is also possible that this person because it is an attack on. will lose permanently lose some of the functions of his nerves and i imagine that could affect any part of his body and there are even reports of some people that have been poisoned whose thinking is slowing down so we don't know if to what extent not on the will recover and we do not know of course what the aspects that regard to security will be possible it is possible that he might be taken to a safe place and even disappear from public view for quite a while. well germany and britain have expressed their concern over the reported abduction of an opposition leader in bella ruse now witnesses say maria

kolesnik was pushed into a vehicle by men in black clothing and then driven away it followed another mass protest in the capital minsk on sunday at which more than $600.00 people were arrested germany has demanded clarity of a kalashnikov his whereabouts and the release of political prisoners in. to california now where fireworks at agenda reveal baby shower posse are being blamed for igniting the lightest blaze sweeping across the u.s. state now fire crews are struggling to contain the flames amid scorching temperatures and high winds authorities say a record amount of land has been this year and they warn that the fire season is far from over. once again california is burning wildfires that plate the state all summer and there's no sign of a lot of hope. most 15000 firefighters have been dispatched to tackle some 2 dozen

large fires. shifting winds forced the exhausted firefighters to constantly adjust their efforts started pushing to the east and north and. move to the south or even north winds been pretty dramatically inconsistent. temperatures in california are at an all time high and the parched countryside is highly flammable. the fire crews know that the battle is far from one. our number one priority for this fire is the protection of life and property situation that we have right now. is a life threatening situation with the weather forecast that we have for the next 3 days so you have a red flag warning today and we have santa ana winds predicted for the next 2 day. as the flames spread more and more residents are being forced from their homes some

have to be evacuated by helicopter. to leave behind a smoldering landscape with a record 2000000 acres scorched by wildfires in california this year this has become an increasingly common sight let's bring in jason campbell joining us now he is the los angeles bureau chief of n.b.c. news right here good to see that jason tell us how did these fires stop. the fire in you in san bernardino county actually starting from a gender reveal party where you get together and you will these people decided to use a gender of your canon and apparently a brush on fire when they revealed the sex of their baby and that scorched thousands of acres out there in the in the empire and as you can see behind me the smoke is now pouring over there it's very hot out here and it's very very check.

in the fire what is the situation where you are and across the studies. so across the state there's about $300.00 wildfires burning right now and fire crews are doing everything they can and they're throwing every ounce of water they can at these fires to try to get some sort of containment in central california a fire there that creek fire near fresno exploded overnight to about 80000 acres in a very rule area area but they say that hundreds of buildings and structures there have been completely leveled and are just nothing but piles of rubble at this point in southern california there's a handful of fires here in northern california those fires were started by lightning strikes and that's where it's about $300000.00 acres up in that area just extraordinary i read somewhere that something like 25 times more land has burned this year than last year california's governor gavin newsom has blamed this increase in wildfires on climate change to people in the state of california

support his view. yes and no it depends on who us and there is a theory that the forest hasn't been cleared in decades and that's what's fuelling all of these fires as you can see the british crime is completely dried there hasn't been rain significant rain in the state of california in months and the temperatures like right now it's it's well above 100 degrees where i met and i'm on the coast i'm on the shelf where he's been it's like oh and it's it's extremely hot and muggy out here today and those firefighters are just doing everything they can so it really depends on who you ask nutrients climate change or if they need to sweep the forest floor. what's the full cost for the next couple of days. luckily firefighters are going to get a break tonight temperatures are expected to dip but unfortunately the winds across

the state are expected to kick out and those guys could reach 7580 miles an hour that's not good that's going to spread these these embers you know a mile or 2 miles away and that could pose potential problems but then later in the week we're supposed to hit well above triple digits i'm talking 11115 in some spots because that was jason company in los angeles thank you very much jason stay safe. thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world today the last 2 journalists working for australian media in mainland china have left the country and returned to see any reports a chinese police. michael smith all feel stranded in finance for a few newspaper and bill bushels from the public called cost of the i'd be seen in connection with the case unrelated today would the journalist took shelter in australian diplomatic compounds while officials negotiated their return hard.

hundreds of people have joined a con caravan in colombia's capital bogota to protest the economic and social policies. president. the protests which was called by trade unions was the 1st since columbia ended more than 5 months of lockdown to stem the coronavirus the country has reported more than 600000 infections and over 20000 deaths. and aerial images show hundreds of people dancing without mosques and happened in tight on the streets of rio de janeiro overnight street parties took place during brazil's long independence day where you can't cope with 19 stricken country had to ease some of the restrictions imposed to fight the coronavirus. well it's been 250 years since the german composer beethoven was born just in time for the pandemic to rain on his birthday parade that's forced much of the official program to mark the beethoven anniversary year to be extended to next year but

cultural events are starting to pick up again and audience are thrilled to be celebrating germany's most famous composer. another step towards the return of musical life in early states opera for under the baton of daniel barenboim. gets paid over $250.00 of birthday this year so no surprise that beethoven is on the program rushed out also celebrating a birthday its own $450.00 s. store soloist and sophie is delighted to be back on stage you have to feel. so much that i can't wait to share this great music again that records are all well and good streaming is quite nice because sitting in peru you can be part of berlin

but the live experience being the lie that nothing beats that. state opera for all it's an annual high knights of the berlin summer a free concert. tickets have been stepped up but it looks poorly attended corona means attendance has been cut from the usual 40000 just 2000 socially distance concert goers but it starts. open air is in times of corona the only way to communicate with more than 200 listeners i don't think anyone really understands why social distancing is not an issue at demonstrations but when it. the concerts people are so very exact almost painfully fussy 48. daniel barenboim has been at the forefront of attempts to bring life music back to berlin he's like the bernie state opera for almost 30 years and is of course an

ardent admirer of beethoven whether the composer is in bombastic or in romantic mood. this is the melancholy lyrical beethoven it's not the explosive one nor the extremely virtue as a one this is very intimate chamber music actually but with an orchestra stopped. the evening ends with the 9th symphony one of the most famous works in the classical music repertoire. joining sung by a choir at a safe distance. fittingly this him to freedom and community is dedicated to help those in the front line of the coronavirus pandemic doctors nurses shop workers and teachers were also given priority access to the free tickets are special and much appreciated thank you.

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always dreamed of a luxury that read a blend of the impossible elegance. like this handbag for example who isn't. but luxury is also worth $300000000.00 international market famous brands whose shops populate the most beautiful avenues of major capital cities. but behind the glamorous exterior all that glitters is not gold. the back rooms of these lecturing boutiques are hidden away on the other side of the outside in the heart of tuscany. hundreds of supply is timing leather for world famous brands was subcontracting the lower employees are overworked or in this case i was . during our filming.

we met some questionable bosses. welcome to a rather chilling industry. we began our investigation on our home tough. after all being in fronts we have paris. paris we have fashion week. but of course you know all about fashion. star studded catwalk shows. and some one of the stuffs. with a no no no theme to your. gucci's dental chic with glitter. happy smiling faces at louie vito.

but it wasn't really the clothes that stood out to us have you noticed what each of the models is carrying. handbags of all shapes and sizes and at all prices starting at $1350.00. accessories m a popular than ever you only need to look at the figures. take some of the major french brands for example we calculated the sales revenue from items such as handbags wallets and shoes. in short leather goods here are the results. for gucci 74 percent of the brands total revenues. believe song alone 72 percent. 60 percent for half a mess. you get the picture in the world of luxury goods leather means record

breaking profits. but where does this luxurious leva come from according to our information most of this role material is tanned in italy where cool up each tannery one by one it takes a while there are $700.00 in total we are as the same question each time and time i was wondering which brands to share tannery work for. you know me. and i were. getting up on the dock and see anything. but some of the companies do play bull and 700 phone calls later up of luxury supplies is starting to take shape.

the phone calls have brought one surprising detail to our attention all of these tanneries and subcontractors are located in one small area of tuscany just 36 square kilometers. welcome to some to grow. noticeably less glamorous world than the luxury catwalks of pounds. worth is a not easily approachable. clearly a rather secretive place. these are the left shereen that the tanneries they generate over a $1000000000.00 in revenue each year and employ over $7000.00 people

a small very profitable part of italy. we have been given permission to visit one of these tanneries it's one of the largest in the region these embry tannery and movie is the owner's right hand man he will be out until. he starts his off with the crown jewels the show room. finished products sent from the at the district and animal skins printed crest and sold by the square meter these will henceforth be used in major brands manufacture. workshops to make handbags belts on shoes. i can say that we work or we have worked at some point he was with almost all of the big international fashion houses. and so. polo ralph lauren tommy hilfiger the louisville tang group chloé. it's a bit of a model. the need is as proud as

a peacock. christie just climbs happy employees a tannery that spic and span and state of the art equipment. frankly we won over by our day adopted. except that here they only perform the final stages of the tanning process the rather more pleasant ones upstream there's a whole chain of subcontractors carrying out dozens of towels no thanks list tasks allow is to explain. at the start of its life a handbag looks like this next the cow skin must be removed with mountains of course salt poured on top of it to preserve it. then the cowhides are sent to the tanneries to begin a long multi-stage process. during one of these stages they are

put into a kind of cement mixer along with hydrogen sulfide to remove all the 3rd this is what produces the rotten egg smell that lingers throughout the area they are then transferred to these big drums and soaked with chromium salts just don't the decomposition process they are left out to dry. and then soaked again to soften then re dried then soaked again. the details of the other 30 stages but they are rather unpleasant and quite painful now that you've understood the huge number of stages involved and the number of subcontractors needed let's go back to sampling. remember that the tannery claims to work for the l.v. and h. group and its luxury brand kens m. l v m h the number one luxury goods conglomerate in the world has developed

a fairly strict code of conduct. no illegal or undeclared work. no excessive overtime a judy to provide workers with a safe environment to reduce the risk of accidents in the workplace. all of the luxury giants have codes of conduct just like this one that supposedly applied to their suppliers and any subcontractors hired by their suppliers it seems like everything is under control in the world of luxury fashion every link in the chain is squeaky clean. and so we continue on our journey into this in chanting world. good news one of his our precept contract is term a plaque has agreed to let his visit. meet the boss his name is of fun so get. some of. the.

general black specializes in drawing animal skins large tanneries working for luxury brands such as sam pretty scent then let the him each animal hide ways between 15 and 30 kilos workers carry hundreds of them every day most of the employees here are senegalese. funds of ghetto is not the only one hiring senegalese employees you only have to come to the leather district in the early hours of the morning to see the. hundreds of unskilled workers whose job is in the luxury goods sector a fall from secure. this is what we are about to discover through the documents. in this brief case. confidential data about the working conditions inside the tanneries 1st up temporary workers here are hundreds of short term contracts signed off by various companies. and that's not all an internal documents

from the occupational health care department lists accidents that work by nationality. according to our calculations farm workers are affected twice as much as italian workers. at the department of occupational health dr is in charge of the tannery sector she's been fighting for employee health and safety for the past 15 years according to her there is a direct link between short term contracts and accidents at work. but i thought you are my everything i know workers are hired for a week day and hour at a time. based. on the show now days 4 and tannery workers think these are temporary not to mention carious contracts passing and the lack of working

experience every time to talk with their much more likely to be victims of work related accidents. or too nice to go. so how is the issue of health and safety addressed at telmo plaque. all day workers are handling animal skins soaked in chemicals. how fun to get are the perfect boss claims that he takes it upon himself to provide protective equipment. for the workers when you. it's not that we don't trust him but we feel we need to hear him at the. perspective so under the pretext of exploring the factory we take the opportunity to ask a few questions filming without a hidden camera how long have you worked here. i've been here a month i meant yeah ok and who gave you your protective equipment.

i bought it myself as you told us his it's not given to you no no i see how many hours you work a day. i work 13 hours a day 13 hours a day don't disturb him while he's working the boss's son has come to intervene. let him get back to work. in a factory like this there is always a risk of accidents of pairing fortunately each machine has its own safety features in the demands that. we have there been any accidents or the vin a few small incidents but that's all mostly due to negligence or being a bit tired in the morning but nothing serious one already got. so you've never had any and hit a chanst no no i'm really very careful about safety features of our war it were i

was in raise. with finding it harder and harder to believe oh fun together. after several days in santa croce we gained the trust of an xterm opac worker this man went to tell me a plank in 2000 volt and claims that the boss of france of gedda would sometimes disable the safety mechanisms on the machines to increase productivity he lost 3 knuckles he agrees to talk to us as a witness provided he can remain anonymous. that day it was the 1st animal skin i'd ever worked on and i took it and put it inside the machine i pressed down on the pedals and the blade blocked. so i turned it around put the skin back inside the machine. pressed down on the pedals and it took my hand with it. just like that.

for me. to feel it got hold of my gloves and took off 3 of my knuckles. it was really tough chick. cried all night long. the doctor asked me what had happened. and the boss wanted to lie about it. he lied said it was something else you. are a lot. and i said no it was the machine you go to see what excuse did he give. you know he said that a plane had fallen on my fingers and that had cut my hand. so. we may check on foodie just 2 months after they had left.

this is what they claim to have received a silly thing present a violent beating for having dead to demand payment. according to them this was the work of alphonso getta along with one of his sons. monarchical them and we'd agreed to meet here to collect our payment. but when we arrived so and one of his sons were here along with some others. there were 6 of them in total to be safe and so on. just on you they had iron bars naives and everything. tacked me and my friend to. wonder when will they hit me over the head with an iron bar plus one of the federal. 40 in check reported the incident the very next day but alfonso get on and his son have still

not been cool for investigation. the 2 young men claim they were undeclared workers and were forced to work under grueling conditions and. we were treated like animals we couldn't do anything we want even allowed to go to the toilet if we want. it's a peep show they told us to do it behind the machine we were working. and to be alice she worked from 5 in the morning until midday and then started again from 1 pm until 7 pm 13 hours a day. 5 be sure to get a doesn't pay the senegalese workers who are employed under him or sometimes he doesn't pay them for 4 months at a time. since our meeting with check in 40 of fence so ghana is said to have physically abused another one of his employees as far as we know he is

still not being prosecuted. a few weeks later we go back to tamil plank to see the books however this time we are not so well received. so our final funds are. very. how are you. how do you pay i told you not to fill me up but i thought we agreed no we didn't agree anything i mean. one of his sons quickly intervenes. 8 and then another comes along despite the frosty reception. the moment we attempt to ask about 40 and check. him out and she's an upper limit. on a little present with is it all a little but is there no money for somebody if you cut the budget for funding if you do

a lot of it only. if they are the toughest to do it. producing. than impulses was working conditions in the elegant world of luxury fashion week no 6. this. fortunately it's really has its labor inspectorate surely they must be on the case. the problem is that according to our information they don't tend to visit the tannery scenario of ever since ricardo spello was appointed at the end of 2014 there has been a dramatic decline in the number of inspections in the lead the district since we only have one pressing issue to address here on out how that. they had iron bars knives and everything. they attacked me and my friend.

because you know look i don't know anything about this case i repeat as far as we're concerned we don't know anything about it and you know institutionally in case of problems like these we have a duty inspector stock was a little savage of course it does that mean that after today you aren't going to do anything about it unless one of these young men who are attacked travel 30 miles to come and tell you about it in person if they have to. go. in ma but i'm convinced that the actions taken by this office i mean even though there is always room for improvement. they are more than sufficient to start though there are 2 prosecutors feature. if everything's just fine around here apologies for the inconvenience. and what about the contract in policy are there no sanctions for

them is the model tannery claiming to work for l v m h aware of the violent acts allegedly committed by subcontractor because remember zambian tamil plug work hand in hand we go back to meet carlo groovey me to question him about the behavior of this subcontractor. do used to work with him a plug no well we're in the process of changing some things with our subcontractors . would come to visit because he told me that you're responsible for use of contract is it was it that you hold them accountable we move through or yes we are aware of the situation we do everything we can of course. it could be perceived as your but also there are some things how can i say this. shouldn't

you have to have this right to gauge the well yes of course we have to check that everything's going well. but it's difficult to know if the employees have been paid or not you should see. and in any case this they can make complaints to the police this is far to the factory inspectors try. to the authorities area which is. up to those at the end of the supply chain think about this situation we asked for an interview with the l.v. m.h. group but they refused or we received through an email stating the following. with regards to cancer we barely see any sign in our books of the company receiving a letter from the zambry tannery. yet when we are sampling they maintain that this is one of their most important partnerships.

kenzo most definitely uses our leather and their products. in recent years we have made 567 animal shipments directly to kenzo. we have a longstanding working relationship. and it's still ongoing yes. least the past 3 years people have been aware of the sorts of problems taking place in italian tanneries short term contracts accidents that work ever since one man brought these issues to line. he lives in the tuscan countryside an hour's drive away from santa croce his name is francesco. he is the president of an italian ngo fighting for fair labor conditions for some of the poorest workers and has written a report called a tough story of. this report was authorized and funded by the european commission

. its publication will no doubt provoke the wrath of many let the manufacturers. they started to say that what we wrote was untrue that there were i don't know how many errors in the end they discredited our proport. part. of what they said it was obviously written by incompetent people who don't know anything about the sector. they're talking rubbish to begin with. a group of manufacturers owns the european commission to call in the authors of the report in spring 20162 meetings were organized in brussels. with one man at the helm gustavo gonzalez representing tons the european lead the lobby. most of all there was the guy from

photons who spoke on behalf of the tenors association. for he said this report must be taken out of circulation for good this will get us into what was the european commission's role the strange thing was that the european commission didn't say ok ok let's see whose facts are really correct. now maybe they just took the tanners association side of. a report but by brussels that they themselves later rejected the european commission one over by letter lobbyist it seems like this story is well worth a trip to belgium despite numerous e-mail exchanges could turn says secretary general gonzales refused to meet with us so we decided to pay him a surprise visit to. follow mr gonzales yes i wanted to ask you some questions because we're just shooting in santa croce

just come in be careful search gently but no violence please sir. no violence do you all seriousness you will get on it but you know but i'm not being violent so what you knocked over my camera man that's why i'm saying that you almost pushed me over. to no that's not true what we've just come back from filming in subsequent to that if you don't know you and we've witnessed large numbers of people working overtime undeclared workers accidents that haven't been reported i know you're aware of this report the tough story of another day to say it was published in 2016 and it highlights some of the unforeseen actresses in certain town reason around santa croce you think it's states that twice as many immigrants have been victims of accidents at work than italian workers if you tell me i think this is acceptable . because it 1st of all your top story of leather report was discredited because it was spreading false information that is. you know it was based on occupational medicine statistics over

a 5 year period what was your occupational medicine statistics over 5 years i can assure you that's not the case since 2nd was yes it is the case mr gonzales excuse me but according to these figures you seem to be basing your argument on something that's been discredited it was made up of big news. this isn't always but according to our information it has not been discredited as you say it was actually you who tried to cover up this report could excuse me yes it was you who tried to cover it up no no all we did was reveal the truth behind the lies that were presented in the report. the former was because so is this statement a lie to you that during a 5 year period according to occupational medicine statistics why since many immigrant workers were victims of occupational accidents than italian workers do you deny these statistics i don't think they are correct me if you don't think they're correct is no no because they aren't real statistics. so you dispute the

statistics but it was you yes or no and demanded that the commission. removed this report from the internet yes because it is false as to him also it is false that twice as many immigrant workers are victims of occupational accidents than italian workers so we would need to verify that you don't know no no no you're elaborating the figures here i need to check sushi for you so tell me then what part of the report is fonts you know there was a whole list of points presented to the commission. such as i don't remember all the individual points that were made to prove the report was false so. you know there must be one or 2 false things that you remember. madam i'm getting old. by. when it comes to big fashion houses and their letter getting on says is decidedly difficult. but what

about for the other iconic luxury material. china is the world's top producer if you really want to see what this industry looks like you need to go to dining. in the vast expanse of china dining is a very small town home 210-0000 residents and 10000 businesses only to find. there are shopping malls full of coats. and slippers. there's the mink 1st show room and most importantly we have the city's emblem the folks how ironic. you can also go to the market 3 times a month. home over tens of thousands of animal skins all different

shapes and sizes. but i was valid. thank you all that's recruiters can you look at ridiculously low prices you look at your average look at the 1st one here is 25 you ones a piece you are not going to get the best in the market you won't find any better i think the only way it works in. $25.00 yuans that's just over $3.00 per animal skin . in china $70000000.00 animals are killed for their fur each year and animal welfare isn't the country's top priority. works the peta the world famous and geo best known for its crackdowns on for. half bath. i am this young

activist is at the forefront of the fight against fur in china a country which is now peaches top priority. going to hit all as well dying to say so it's an animal's are not protected fighters there are no laws to control farming livestock and trace shit. going townsell so the whole of course there are other organizations like ours fighting against animal suffering that they are. because there's no law we don't have an official spokes person their military these animals don't have any protection or rights from when they're farmed right up until when they're carried i don't let us assume it will recall. can you describe the hygiene there i don't know if i'm clear with that. the animals urinate and defecate in their cages hides how some may develop skin diseases because

they're cooped up inside or some of them go crazy. the point where they attack each other and we've seen bite marks on their skin from other animals in the trunk or on the canal shipping it boil down to that as soon as you enter these farms you are hit by a foul smell dinging they go when he says i flick can i just challenge it and the way that in the past and nobody cleans the animals. but which companies do these farms what food do major european brands use them. in this luxury fashion mall in beijing there's plenty of choice of fur. cuffs scarves all these strange looking fluff balls to be clicked on to banks. we had to max mara and they tally in brand new 2600 stores worldwide.

we even try on this lovely little jacket. just what's this coat made of rubbish for the haitian economy or was it made. in italy. no actually was made in china but with italian for. italian fur that's the 1st version we are told next the store manager comes over. to it that night out so far our 1st comes from a certified organization in denmark suffers. all of their fur is a good quality as it's a certified organization each fur has to be checked. and that's why their fur is so good i know what i we always work with them morning to open up the italian fur or rather the danish fur or maybe we're not so sure anymore.

i am. after leaving the mall we decided to go straight to the cells we email max mara's customer service pretending to be a client and asked them directly this was their response we would like to inform you that our company is firmly committed to a process of continuous growth and improvement of our products regardless of where they are manufactured furthermore with regards to our fur we can confirm that we only source from certified suppliers. the answer is not very clear to move forward with our investigation we have no choice but to take a new approach. we head back to dying city following the trial of the max mara rabbit fur jacket. but this time we are posing as fashion designers we've even

created a portfolio. from now on we will be filming discreetly sometimes with a hidden camera. we will go around factories making connections talking sketches and the ordering process but we can't seem to find anyone working for max mara. then one morning across this courtyard we stumble upon a clothing manufacturer bingo we finally found the rabbit fur jackets of this luxury italian brand. we're one of the top marks mara suppliers in china. to work with them often we've worked with them for years. the boss is extremely proud of his max mara connections we'll call him mr lee so our max mara jacket is not made of italian or danish fur it is from china is the chinese rabbit

yes from shandong. we finally have our own. but this is just the beginning we've still not found the exact breeding farms. and we are yet to convince the boss to introduces to his supplier his we are not off to a good start. sending me my fur doesn't all come from the same farm it's not worth going to see the farms trust me mark smart doesn't go and visit suppliers just to kind you can inspect the fur right here and order there's no court going all the way to the farm sort of thing you know the breeding conditions are bad you're only going to see dirty animals. we don't purchase to far directly from the farm or mention that we only buy ready to and for. whom mr levy only knows of one tannery when he still says his fur off to 2 hours of negotiating he finally gives us the go ahead. hello fine you can go visit the white see tannery the manager will welcome

you there. is 250 kilometers north of dying. we're seeing is home to the country's lunches tannery. at the entrance pose of rakuten 1st line drawing in the sun. and further on thousands of rabbit skins. how many 1st do you produce one day. in this part of the factory we produce 10000 furs a day but during peak times we can do up 230000 or more. 3000 employees work in this factory in most in the noisy aging stench of rotting carcass is. the animal skins are running from all over the country and sometimes even from northern europe. these workers and above

all their salary on one. the secrets behind our beloved maxim are a jacket our interpreter talks discreetly to one of the employees. berens 20 fend for animal skin. and he produces 1000 a day. so he earns about 200 u ones a day. $200.00 chinese one barely $30.00 a day not even minimum wage in china let's go back to the rapids at the back of the factory we find the 1st set aside for mr me. is this what you choose your fare for the next mara products yes i use some of it from ox mar and i resell the rest. how many 1st you buy a year from x. mara 50000 mr lee finally tells his where he gets his 1st from.

this awards he did my trade margin get it for me you've been caught out from lindsay city. you must really like the for for me yes it's very soft. this is mr lee's trade much and he is the one who buys the fur for max mara in the more remote provinces. we adopted i only get for a menu from mr leask. and if we want to visit the rabbit breeding farms it is him we have to convince. or thanks to you think we could come with you to new york and. finally after much discussion we have found out ticket to. this region is one of the main rabbit supply zones breeding farms as far as the eye can see.

thanks to mr lee's connections we go into one of them. this farm houses approximately 10000 animals multiple rabbits are often crammed together into one tiny cage. with never afraid there's no more room once i've sold a few rolls i'll be able to have one radical case for the other members of your food there are no hygiene mills for thumb is. on another farm we find the same breeding conditions animal droppings a left to polar around the cages. some of the rabbits show signs of breathing problems. others have

behavioral issues. tumours. deformities for those rabbits destined for luxury life couldn't get much worse. and. we all fall far away from max morrow's elliptical phrase we can confirm that we only source from certified supplies. but all this is nothing compared to the death of the animals thanks to our much and we are allowed to enter the lean meat slaughterhouse. that noise you can hear is the sound of rabbits screeching. their legs are often broken as they are hung upside down at the start of the slaughtering process next they are slaughtered. less than one minute later they are skinned.

these are the skins used in mr lee's factory this is the fire that ends up covering amongst other items max mara jacket. is this luxury brand aware of the conditions in which these rabbits of forced to live and die the same rabbits used to make their fur coats we tried to get an interview with max mara but they refused and. as our investigation comes to an end we no longer see the world of luxury in point the same way. the tanneries of tuscany the breeding farms and slaughterhouses of china after all of this we are left with one question what if this beautiful image of luxury has been nothing but a dream.

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