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A coalition of environmental and human rights advocacy groups has filed 14 legal complaints with European financial regulators and prosecutors against JBS, the world's largest meat company, along with its banks, investment managers and advisers, accusing them of facilitating money laundering linked to alleged illegal Amazon deforestation. The complaints were filed with financial regulators in Britain, Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands, as well as Britain's National Crime Agency and Dutch bodies overseeing financial and legal professionals. The coalition hopes to prompt investigations and put financiers and advisers on notice about potential legal consequences of deforestation in JBS's supply chain.
JBS said in a statement to The Associated Press that it had not received the data or methodology behind the allegations, preventing the company from independently evaluating the claims or responding to them. The company said it has monitored its cattle suppliers in the Amazon since 2010 using a protocol set by Brazil's Federal Prosecution Office and that their systems automatically block farms with illegal deforestation or that overlap conservation units.
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