Cashmere king Loro Piana, part of LVMH's luxury empire, became on Monday the fifth high-end brand to be put under judicial administration in Italy over worker abuses in supply chains, after an investigation that has tainted the image of Italian luxury goods.

The Loro Piana Spa case started in May when a Chinese workshop owner was arrested and his plant in the northwest Milan suburbs was closed by Carabinieri police from the Milan labour protection unit.