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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro

‘Morally repugnant’: Brazilian workers sue coffee supplier to Starbucks over ‘slavery-like conditions’

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‘The fact that Starbucks charges like $6 for coffee, where most of that has been harvested by forced labourers, is really beyond a criminal act,’ said IRA’s Terrence Collingsworth. Photograph: Héctor Retamal/AFP/Getty Images

“John” was just days from turning 16 when he was allegedly recruited to work on a Brazilian coffee farm that supplies the global coffeehouse chain Starbucks.

Soon after his birthday, he embarked on a 16-hour bus journey to the farm in the state of Minas Gerais – only to discover that none of what he had been promised would be fulfilled.

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