333 people rescued from slavery in Brazil mines since 2008, exclusive report shows

Mongabay
Aug 3, 2021, 1:00 pm229 ptsTrending
More than 300 people have been rescued from slave-labor conditions at illegal mines across Brazil since 2008, an exclusive report by the Mining Observatory shows, with most of these outfits operating in the Amazon and mining for gold. The 333 workers were rescued in a series of 31 law-enforcement raids over the…

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