Operation rescues 45 gold miners held in conditions analogous to slavery in Bahia

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An operation rescued 45 miners who were working in conditions analogous to slavery in Bahia, according to the portal G1.

The workers were taken out of the mining activity during the action.

In Brazil, the Penal Code classifies as conditions analogous to slavery situations such as forced labor, exhausting working hours, degrading conditions and restriction of movement due to debt owed to the employer.

The rescue at a mining site shows that this kind of exploitation remains present in mining supply chains, a sector that attracts investment and supplies markets both inside and outside the country.

Reporting from G1 (G1 Bahia).