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Article

12 Sep 2010

Author:
Helena de Moura, CNN

Brazilian officials rescue workers in slave-like conditions

Brazilian officials have said they will continue to crack down on farms accused of forcing workers into slave-like conditions, the country's labor ministry said after authorities rescued...95 workers in Campo de Goytacazes, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, and 51 workers in Cambui, in the Minas Gerais state. In Minas Gerais, the 51 rescued strawberry pickers included adolescents between the ages of 15 and 17...The employers of the rescued workers will be fined, the labor ministry said, though it was not immediately clear whether criminal charges would be pressed...According to ministry officials, both sets of workers were toiling under inhumane conditions around the clock without breaks. The workers were exposed to high level of pesticides.