(ANSA) – ROME, JUN 22 – Milan finance police on Thursday seized almost 48 million euros from Esselunga in relation to a probe into alleged tax fraud and worker exploitation by the supermarket chain.
The group was allegedly involved in a “complex tax fraud” featuring fake invoices for services never provided as well as so-called “manpower reservoirs” – agencies and cooperatives that provide workers so the company that needs them does not have to employ them directly – in logistics and goods transport.
Such ‘manpower reservoirs’ are frequently declared insolvent soon after being set up.
In the confiscation order, Milan Prosecutor Paolo Storari said Esselunga’s “fraudulent” conduct had lasted for several years and featured “the …
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