German VW luxury cars have been impounded at US ports amid claims they contained parts made through forced labour in China (inews.co.uk)

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The suspect part had been sourced by a supplier in the VW supply chain and not by VW directly, it was claimed.

It came as Volkswagen was hit by additional claims from German media that it had benefitted from human rights abuses in China’s troubled Xinjiang region.

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[-] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 19 points 8 months ago

As a german I agree on principle, but utter lack of morals is hardly noteworthy nowadays. Any kind of large corporation has only one value: profit.

[-] trollercoaster@feddit.de 2 points 8 months ago

The thing is that enslaving people is a crime in most countries. Wouldn't it be great if companies had a person responsible for their actions who could then be held responsible for crimes committed in the name or for the benefit of said company?

Unfortunately, nobody seems to be willing or able to prosecute the CEOs of big corporations.

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