Sam Setter's 'Pills': For readers who need some wry medicinal humour

Italian Finance police raided in Northern Italy a Chinese leather goods manufacturing laboratory, where they found unbelievably dire hygienic, living and labour conditions as well as a crew of illegal (Chinese) workers. The laboratory was found to be producing leather bags for one of the famous top fashion brands. The brand announced immediately that they knew nothing about this laboratory and that their supply chain was regularly inspected for consistency with the company's ESG policies. But there was a “minor” flaw in this statement, as the Finance Police identified during their raid a person who claimed to be an inspector, an employee of the brand, whose duty he said it was to check over the last 6 months the solar resistance of the glues used for the bags. He claimed that he was not authorised to inspect or evaluate the ESG conditions. What is the saying? None so blind as those that do not want to see! Right? How credible is this? A brand inspector not reporting back on illegal workers and unbelievable living conditions? No way! The brand stated that they would fully cooperate with the police in a transparent way. How about stating the truth, admitting mistakes?? Imagine the leather was probably purchased from a tannery where the brand likely demanded LWG or other certification to boast and underline their ESG statements, but downstream they closed an eye for one reason only: profit! Anyway, the police assume that the findings in the laboratory indicate a clear company policy, not just a limited occasion. This is the second time a brand was caught in Italy for using illegal workers. If there are two, who knows how many there are in reality?!