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Prosecutors accuse JBS of buying cattle from farms where workers were held in slavery-like conditions.
Brazilian prosecutors filed a lawsuit against JBS for buying cattle from farms using slave labor.
KEY POINTS
- The lawsuit seeks 119 million reais, matching the value of JBS's transactions with those suppliers.
- Fifty-three workers were rescued from seven ranches supplying JBS between 2014 and 2025.
- JBS is accused of a 'systematic pattern of negligence' regarding slave labor in its beef supply chain.
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