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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Raphael Muller and Mauricio Savarese

Chinese workers found in 'slavery-like conditions' in Brazil taken to hotels as probe gets underway

China Brazil BYD - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Dozens of Chinese workers found by authorities in poor condition at a construction site in Brazil for electric vehicle automaker BYD have been taken and placed in hotels in the country's tropical northeast region.

Local prosecutors alleged that the laborers are victims of human trafficking who were living in “slavery-like conditions” under contractor Jinjiang Group, but offered no evidence to back up their claims.

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