Brazil yanks temp work visas for China's BYD

Exclusive: Brazil yanks temp work visas for China's BYD after trafficking claims
Brazil has stopped issuing temporary work visas for BYD , the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday, in the wake of accusations that some workers at a site owned by the Chinese electric vehicle producer had been victims of human trafficking.
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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.
Brazil suspends temporary work visas for BYD amid claims of ‘slavery-like conditions’
Announcement came days after labour authorities also said they found Chinese workers at factory in Bahia were victims of human trafficking.
Brazil says workers at China's BYD site are victims of human trafficking
By Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese workers at a construction site in Brazil for a factory owned by China's electric vehicle producer BYD are victims of human trafficking, Brazilian labor authorities said on Thursday in a growing controversy in BYD's biggest overseas market.
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