The Ministry of Labor and Employment of Brazil updates its so-calledevery six months, most recently on October 7. The latest list includes two municipal councilors who were re-elected on October 6, along with two candidates who failed to win seats. Eduardo Ribeiro Lima was elected for the ninth time in Beberibe, a city in the northeastern state of Ceará. The MTE said 22 workers on his cashew plantation were subjected to “conditions analogous to slavery.”
Source: OCCRP, 2024-10-15; https://www.occrp.org/en/news/brazilian-municipal-candidates-accused-of-modern-slavery