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Over a week after multiple parties found condemning evidence, the Italian clothing company Benetton admits that it bought clothes from the garment factory in Bangladesh that recently collapsed and killed over 800 people. After the company had danced around the question for days, Benetton chief executive Biagio Chiarolanza confirmed to The Huffington Post on Wednesday evening that he was, by proxy, still doing business with New Wave Style, one of several companies operating in the faulty factory. "The New Wave company, at the time of the tragic disaster, was not one of our suppliers, but one of our direct Indian suppliers had subcontracted two orders," he said. This quote contrasts starkly with Benetton's original statement on the matter: "None of the companies involved are suppliers to Benetton Group or any of its brands."

Awful, right? Never buying United Colors of Benetton sweaters ever again, right? Benetton's the worst, right? But to be perfectly honest, this whole thing is such a twisted tragedy that it's hard to figure out who should shoulder the blame. Once it was ready to admit that some of the now dead workers might've been making its clothes, Benetton admitted that its supply chain — a labyrinth of contractors and subcontractors that includes 700 manufacturers across 120 countries — was so complex that the company didn't really know where its clothes were coming from.