Boy, 8, found working illegally in Italy leather factory (2)

(ANSA) - Varese, September 10 - An 8-year-old Chinese boy and two teenage girls were discovered to be working illegally in a Chinese-run leather factory during police checks in the northern region of Lombardy.
    The boy and the two girls, aged 14 and 17, worked on assembling leather parts of branded products, police said.
    Police discovered a total of 22 people working unofficially, including 8 foreigners. During the checks they also seized 100,000 products for various reasons including violations of safety norms and counterfeiting.
    Six people were reported for counterfeiting and commercial fraud.
    The Chinese owner of the factory was cited for using under-age labour.