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Money Laundering Complaints Filed Against JBS and Barclays
- A coalition of legal and environmental groups filed money laundering complaints against JBS and 12 financial institutions.
- The complaints link JBS profits to illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.
- JBS is the world's largest meat processor.
- The Transnational Legal Coalition filed 14 complaints with prosecutors and financial regulators.
- The coalition asserts that JBS's legal and financial partners have an obligation to investigate the company's ties to deforestation.