Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes affected by allegations of forced labor

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It was a qualitative and also quantitative leap that allowed him to double his annual turnover and enter larger programs. The second consisted of the entry in 2017 of the Omani sovereign fund into its capital with 32.2%, which forced the creation of a board of directors. “We had to become professional, although I don't like this word because we have always been professionals,” says the president. In 2022, the two brothers recovered one hundred percent of the capital and have absolute control of a company that already obtains 80% of its income outside of Spain. The company already has orders for 1,000 million and is a key player in the defense industry The big movement has been the entry into Indra.

It is a good investment because it has a good plan,” says Escribano. “The objective is for the entire defense industry to grow in size and for some to be able to contribute to others so that the group Russia Mobile Number List has maximum visibility,” he adds. The Escribano group brings to the capital the profile of an industrial partner, far from purely financial investment and with a promising future. No wonder: Constancia's children already have an order book valued at more than 1,000 million euros.The complaint was filed under a German law that came into effect in early 2023, which requires large companies to ensure that human rights and environmental issues in their supply chains are monitored and addressed.



Penalties range from a fine of up to 2 percent of total annual global sales and exclusion from government contracts for up to three years. European companies operating in Xinjiang now face political and regulatory pressure at home and abroad, as a wave of advocacy groups begins to file legal cases in European courts over products made in Xinjiang. The United States has already banned imports from the territory. The looming regulatory scrutiny adds to the growing controversy over Volkswagen's factory in Xinjiang. Human rights protesters were among those who disrupted the carmaker's annual general meeting last month, while investors demanded an independent audit of its Xinjiang plant. “The presence of the factory in Urumqi alone is sufficient to establish a high probability that the company may be receiving labor transfers from Uyghur workers,” the complaint against VW alleged, referring to the state-sponsored forced labor programs alleged.