By Fabio Teixeira and Luciana Magalhaes -Electric vehicle producer BYD brought hundreds of Chinese workers on irregular visas to build a factory in Brazil, a key labor inspector told Reuters on Tuesday,

Construction at BYD’s new EV plant in Brazil was suddenly halted Monday after authorities found Chinese workers in “slavery-like”

Authorities rescued 163 workers living in inhumane conditions, prompting BYD to sever ties with its construction partner.

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.

More than 160 workers have been rescued in Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia ... passports and salaries withheld by a building company. BYD said in a statement that it had cut ties with ...

China always requires companies to comply with local laws, FM says after BYD reportedly brings Chinese workers to build factory in Brazil As the November sales of cars in the domestic market were released on Monday, several Chinese car companies ...

A task force said it had rescued 163 Chinese nationals who were working in “slavery-like” conditions at BYD’s construction site in northeastern Brazil.

Dozens of Chinese workers have been taken and put up in hotels in Brazil’s tropical northeastern region after local labor authorities found them at a construction site for electric vehicle automaker BYD.

Jinjiang Group, a contractor for giant Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD ... their passports to the company for help with applying for a temporary ID certificate in Brazil.

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -- Jinjiang Group, a contractor for Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD ... factory in Brazil's Bahia state. BYD said then that it had cut ties with the company that ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – Chinese workers found at a construction site for a factory owned by China’s electric vehicle (EV) producer BYD in Brazil’s Bahia state are victims of human trafficking, the Brazilian labour authorities said on Dec 26.

Electric vehicle maker BYD brought hundreds of Chinese workers on irregular visas to construct a factory in Brazil. An investigation revealed that 163 of these workers were subjected to slavery-like conditions.