Prato, Italy –
When Zhang Dayong lay in a pool of blood on a sidewalk in Rome after being shot six times, few suspected a link to Italy’s storied textile hub of Prato.
But a “hanger war” is raging in the city near Florence — turning Europe’s largest apparel manufacturing center and a pillar of Made in Italy production into a battleground for warring Chinese mafia groups.
The situation has become so urgent that Prato’s prosecutor, Luca Tescaroli, has appealed to Rome for help, calling for an anti-mafia division and reinforcements for judges and police.
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