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2014-06-6

Public prosecutor's office

Brazilian prosecutors are investigating allegations that organs are being illegally taken from unidentified bodies and sold for medical research.

The Brazilian public prosecutor's office files a civil action against Vale, the world's largest iron ore producer and one of Brazil's biggest companies, as well as the national mining agency and the Minas Gerais state government. The lawsuit is based on a containment overflow of two sumps at the Mina de Viga site in Congonhas in January, which caused the site to be shut down.
2026-09-15

The Brazilian Public Prosecutor's Office files a lawsuit against mining corporation Vale S.A. and the state of Pará for mass metal poisoning that has affected the Xikrin indigenous people, whose Indigenous Territory is located in the state.
2025-02-25

In Brazil, prosecutors lodge corruption charges against Speaker of the Lower House Eduardo Cunha and former President Fernando Collor de Mello, alleging illegal activities involving the state-owned oil company, Petrobras.
2015-08-20

In Illinois, United States, 2-year-old Korean-Canadian Hannah Warren, who was born without a trachea, becomes the youngest patient to receive a bioengineered organ made from stem cells.
2013-04-30

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2014-06-6

Public prosecutor's office

Brazilian prosecutors are investigating allegations that organs are being illegally taken from unidentified bodies and sold for medical research.

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