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Brazil Senate panel says Vale CFO, ex-CEO should be indicted for manslaughter
Iron ore miner Vale SA’s chief financial officer and its former chief executive should be indicted for manslaughter, a Brazilian Senate committee probing a deadly dam collapse recommended on Tuesday. The committee is also seeking the indictment of Vale itself as a company, as well as dam stability auditor TÜV SÜD, for environmental damages and corporate responsibility for actions of their employees in the late-January disaster that killed nearly 250 people. The 400-page report recommended that a total of 14 individuals, including the two executives, be indicted for manslaughter, wrongful bodily injury, ... (full story)