Environmental groups file European complaints against JBS over Amazon deforestation

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 5 Nov, 20:39 · Archive

Environmental and human rights groups have filed 14 legal complaints with European authorities against meat-packer JBS over alleged money laundering linked to illegal Amazon deforestation.

Environmental and human rights advocacy groups have filed 14 legal complaints with European financial regulators and prosecutors against JBS, the world's largest meat company, alleging that it laundered proceeds connected to illegal deforestation in its Brazilian beef supply chain. The complaints were filed with financial regulators in Britain, Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands, as well as Britain's National Crime Agency and Dutch bodies overseeing financial and legal professionals. A separate criminal referral was filed against JBS's Dutch parent company with Dutch prosecutors.

The newly formed Transnational Legal Coalition, which coordinated the filings, said the complaints aim to prompt investigations and put financiers and advisers on notice about potential legal consequences of deforestation in JBS's supply chain. Bláithín Quigley, the coalition's coordinator, stated that the group was formed to tackle involvement in serious environmental crime across global value chains.

JBS responded by saying it had not received the data or methodology behind the allegations. The company said it has monitored its cattle suppliers in the Amazon since 2010, using satellite imagery and geo-referencing to assess transactions against criteria set out in a protocol established by Brazil's Federal Prosecution Office.

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• Meat-packer JBS faces complaints filed in Europe over alleged links to illegal Amazon deforestationA coalition of environmental and human rights advocacy groups has filed complaints with European authorities against JBS, the world's largest meatpacker, over alleged money laundering linked to illegal Amazon deforestation.Clickorlando · 5 Nov, 19:56
• Meat-packer JBS faces complaints filed in Europe over alleged links to illegal Amazon deforestationA coalition of environmental and human rights advocacy groups has filed complaints with European authorities against JBS, the world's largest meatpacker, over alleged money laundering linked to illegal Amazon deforestation.News4Jax · 5 Nov, 19:56

In this story: JBS · Transnational Legal Coalition · Amazon · Brazil · Britain · Germany · Netherlands · Ireland

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