Volkswagen Brazil was found guilty of subjecting workers to conditions “analogous” to slavery between 1974 and 1986 in the Amazon and ordered to publicly acknowledge the abuses and pay more than $30 million in damages.
Volkswagen Brazil found liable for ‘slave labor’ after priest’s long struggle
In the 1970s, a Catholic priest began investigating forced labor on an Amazon ranch. Now a Brazilian judge has ordered Volkswagen to pay $30 million in damages.
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