Sixteen charged as Brumadinho case moves to federal investigators
Sixteen people connected to mining company Vale and German consultancy Tüv Süd have been charged and will answer in a Federal Court for crimes related to the tailings dam collapse that occurred in the city of Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, in January 2019.In a decision made Tuesday (Jan. 24), Federal Judge Raquel Vasconcelos Alves de Lima accepted the motion filed by federal prosecutors. The accused are the same as those who responded in the case that was being handled at state level, which was recently annulled by the Supreme Court.Considered one of the biggest environmental and labor tragedies in Brazil, the collapse of Vale’s tailings dam took place years ago today (25). The structure that collapsed had been operating on audits conducted by Tüv Süd, which signed a stability certificate. ...