Volkswagen Brazil faces $46.5m fine over modern slavery
German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen, during the country’s military dictatorship in the Amazon farm on the allegations of modern slavery was fined in Brazil.
A Labor Court ordered VW to pay compensation of 165 million Reais (A46.5 million) on Friday, VW’s Brazilian subsidiary on the illegal exploitation of workers in the 1970s and 1980s.
According to the office, the fine is the highest applied for modern slave labor in Brazil.
VW announced that he would object to the decision.
“With a 72 -year tradition, the company constantly protects human dignity principles and is absolutely dependent on all valid business laws and regulations, Vol said Volkswagen Do Brasil.
The allegations are related to the conditions in Faznda Vale Do Rio Cristalino Farm, which belongs to a subsidiary of Volkswagen Do Brasil.
The cattle farm was founded with the support of military dictatorship as part of a national strategy to develop and colonize the Amazon region.
In 2019, the investigation began after the Coordinator of the rural Pastoral Commission Reverend Ricardo Firende document the case.
In 2023, an out -of -court settlement failed.
As a result, the company was finally sued in December 2024.
Allegedly, hundreds of temporary workers, also known as Volkswagen on the farm, were subjected to long working days and deterioration working conditions.
Inspectors, armed guards and debt captivity system, workers prevent the separation of the farm, he said.
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