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What happened
Brazilian labor inspectors rescued 39 enslaved workers from an illegal gold mine in the northern state of Pará, where they lived in open sheds without drinking water. The mine was run by an owner already on Brazil's "dirty list" of employers using slave labor, and it was the third raid on one of her operations.
Response and intervention
Perpetrators: Raimunda Oliveira Nunes, who is on Brazil's "dirty list" of employers using slave labor, with two relatives. Investigation: A raid by Brazil's labor inspectors. Outcome: 39 workers were rescued. Nunes had been found guilty of enslaving workers in 2018 and sentenced to five years, but was appealing and had not been jailed; inspectors said she was setting up a workers' cooperative to disguise the employment.