Brazil threatens to sue Volkswagen over claims of 'slavery' during military dictatorship

Prosecutors seek compensation for workers on a cattle ranch owned by the German carmaker between 1973 and 1987 Brazil is threatening to take the German carmaker Volkswagen to court over allegations that it used slave labour on a vast ranch in the Amazon, after talks on compensating workers ended without agreement. Public prosecutors in Brazil are seeking compensation for men who they say were forced to work in "humiliating and degrading" conditions, with no clean water or sanitation, on the Faze...