Posted September 18, 2018 09:48:47The world’s largest fur processing plant in the Netherlands is set to reopen after an investigation by Dutch news agency AP.
The agency said that Fur Processing Factory, located in the city of Degenhardt, has been closed since July, when an employee was convicted of falsifying documents.AP said it was the second time in as many months that Fur Processors factory in the Dutch city of Middelburg had been closed by a criminal investigation.
The factory, which employs some 1,500 people, processed and packaged over 4,000 kilograms of fur a day, according to AP.
It was the largest processing plant ever opened in the world and the first in the EU.
According to AP, the factory’s owners had pleaded guilty to charges of falsification, money laundering and tax evasion.
It said the company has not commented on the ruling.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.