Brazilian police expect to formally accuse eight to 12 people over the Vale mine collapse, which killed 270 people in the worst mining disaster of its kind in more than half a century
SÃO PAULO—Brazilian police are set to announce the first criminal charges against employees of mining giant Vale SA and German safety inspector TÜV SÜD as early as this week over the deadly collapse of a mine-waste dam in January, according to a person familiar with the probe.
Police expect to formally accuse eight to 12 people from both companies for the crime of false representation in the first of a series of charges, alleging that certificates produced by TÜV SÜD to attest to the stability of Vale’s fateful dam were issued...
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