Brazil Says Workers at China's BYD Site 'Trafficking Victims'
Hindustan Times Punjab|December 28, 2024
Authorities in Brazil said on Friday they are probing Chinese auto giant BYD and one of its contractors for suspected "trafficking" of Chinese workers building a factory in the South American country.
Agence France-Presse

RIO DE JANEIRO:

Federal prosecutors in Brazil are weighing possible criminal action after labour inspectors found 163 Chinese workers "in slave-like conditions" at the construction site in the northeast state of Bahia, a government statement said.

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