Three farms in the south of Minas are on the slave labor dirty list after the rescue of 13 workers

The registration update was released by the federal government this Tuesday (6). In total, 82 new employers were added to the list, a reduction of approximately 51.48% compared to the previous update, published in April. Of these, 54 are individuals and 28 are legal entities.

With the inclusion of the three properties, Minas Gerais now has 106 employers on the list, related to the rescue of 273 workers on farms in the state.

The new cases included in the registry resulted in the rescue of 553 workers subjected to situations of exploitation and conditions similar to slavery. The occurrences recorded in this update took place between 2024 and 2026, in 21 units of the Federation.

Minas Gerais was the state with the largest number of employers included in this update, with 19 registrations. Next come Bahia (8), Amazonas (6), Maranhão (6), Mato Grosso do Sul (4), São Paulo (4), Rio Grande do Sul (4), Piauí (4), Mato Grosso (3), Pernambuco (3), Roraima (3), Paraná (2), Goiás (2), Santa Catarina (2), Pará (2), Espírito Santo (2), Tocantins (2), Rondônia (2), Paraíba (2), Rio Grande do North (1) and Rio de Janeiro (1).

According to the MTE, the economic activities with the highest number of inclusions were raising beef cattle (8), domestic services (7), charcoal production (6), coffee production (6) and construction of buildings (5).

The update also removed 151 employers who had completed two years on the register. The “dirty list” is published every six months, in April and October, and brings together employers who had administrative processes completed, with no possibility of appeal.

According to current rules, names remain on the list for two years. However, an ordinance published in July 2024 allows for early withdrawal or even non-inclusion of the employer if a conduct adjustment agreement is signed with commitments to compensate victims and invest in support programs for rescued workers.

Created in 2003, the “dirty list” is considered one of the main transparency instruments for actions to combat slavery-like work in the country. The Special Mobile Inspection Group (GEFM), which completed 30 years in 2025, has already rescued more than 70 thousand workers since its creation in 1995.

Reports of work analogous to slavery can be made through the Ipê System, a channel created by the Labor Inspection Secretariat in partnership with the International Labor Organization. The complainant does not need to identify himself.