The Volkswagen Case in the Amazon: Structural Inequality, Contemporary Slavery, Human Trafficking, and Corporate Relations with the Brazilian Military Dictatorship

The article analyzes the Volkswagen case in the Amazon to reflect on the context of contemporary slave labor and structural inequality in Brazil. Based on a study of the economic policy of the Brazilian military dictatorship and Volkswagen's business relations with the regime, it investigates the legal proceedings that recognized the company's responsibility for subjecting workers to contemporary slavery and human trafficking, with the declaration of the imprescriptibility of serious human rights violations.