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- The Brazilian Labour Ministry added Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD to its "dirty list" of employers with slavery-like conditions.
- This decision limits BYD's access to state financing.
- The action followed a December 2024 inspection at a construction site in Camaçari, Bahia.
- Inspectors discovered 107 passports locked away.
- Brazilian workers said colleagues worked seven days a week.
