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Source: Reporter Brasil | Country: Brazil | Threat: Forced Labor & Supply Chains | Confidence: Credible Media

A Brazilian Cotton Farm Cited for Slave Labor Keeps Its Sustainability Certification While Supplying Global Fashion Brands

What Was Reported

According to Reporter Brasil, a cotton farm operated by Oscar Luiz Cervi, who has been cited for slave labor violations, maintains its sustainability certification while supplying cotton to Bunge, a US multinational whose subsidiary Viterra exports to manufacturers producing for global brands including Gap, Lacoste, and Levi's.

Why It Matters

Certification systems exist to give buyers and consumers confidence that a supply chain is clean. A certified farm with documented slave-labor violations still supplying global fashion brands is exactly the gap between paperwork and practice that lets exploitation continue inside supply chains that reach Amazon-adjacent agricultural regions.

CAJ Context

Amazon News Watch tracks signals like this across all nine Amazon nations. When patterns build across multiple reports, they become the basis for deeper Colombian Amazon Journal reporting.

This report is based on publicly available information from Reporter Brasil. Amazon News Watch tracks source-based public reporting about threats across the Amazon. All claims are attributed to the original source and do not represent editorial conclusions by the Colombian Amazon Journal unless explicitly stated.

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