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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Brazil views labor violations at byd site as human trafficking - The Untold Story

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Chinese auto giant BYD says it has broken its contract with the company employing some of the workers to build its factory (Credit: AFP)

Authorities in Brazil said 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.

Federal prosecutors in Brazil are weighing possible criminal action after labor 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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