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Piece Description
In the mid-1990s, journalists and human rights groups began to uncover a web of slave labor linked to some of Brazil's biggest export industries: cattle, soy, sugar cane, and pig iron (used in making steel for automobiles). The Brazilian government responded, setting up rapid-response teams to find and liberate victims of forced labor. Since 2000, more than 30,000 slaves have been freed. Leandro Carvalho had a comfortable job as an insurance agent on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach when he decided to join the force. Now he says he doesn't want to quit until every last slave is freed. Sandy Tolan's profile is part of the WORKING series from Homelands Productions.
Intro and Outro
INTRO:In the mid-1990s, journalists and human rights groups started to uncover a web of slave labor linked to some of Brazil's biggest export industries: cattle, soy, sugar cane, and steel. The Brazilian government responded, setting up rapid-response teams to find and liberate victims of forced labor. Since 2000, more than 30,000 slaves have been freed. Sandy Tolan rode along with a man who heads one of the teams. His profile is part of the WORKING series from Homelands Productions.
OUTRO:That was Sandy Tolan reporting. WORKING is produced by Homelands Productions in collaboration with Marketplace Radio. To see pictures and hear audio, go to working.homelands.org. While you're there, you can also tell the world what you think about YOUR job.
Additional Credits
WORKING is a collaboration between Homelands Productions and Marketplace Radio. Major funding comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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