2.5 years
demanded
All in all
the mythical fashion duo gets off quite well, as the prosecutor had
demanded 2.5 years. Five other employees of the fashion label have been
convicted to jail time.
According
to the judge in Italy the designers sold their brand to a company in Luxembourg
in 2004 they had founded themselves. This way they could benefit from the
better tax system in Luxembourg, causing the Italian treasury to lose out
hundreds of millions or maybe even a billion euro. The two designers, who were
not present at the trail, have always denied these accusations.
The company
Dolce & Gabbana was founded in 1985 and has more than 3,000 employees and
is sold in 250 shops in over 40 countries. The fashion label, which had sales
of about one billion euro in 2011/2012 and has celebrities such as Madonna and Beyoncé
among its fans, earlier received a fine of 343.4 million euro, also for tax
evasion.
