Volkswagen Admits to Having Cooperated with Brazilian Dictatorship

12/15/2017 - 11H31

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MARCO RODRIGO ALMEIDA
FROM SÃO PAULO

A report that was requested by Volkswagen concluded that the security department of the Brazil affiliate cooperated with the country's military dictatorship.

The document also states, however, that no solid evidence was encountered to conclude that the company collaborated with the regime on an institutional level.

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It was authored by German professor Christopher Kopper, who was hired by the automotive manufacturing company after former employees informed the National Truth Commission that political persecution took place.

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The security department monitored the activities of its employees and facilitated the arrests of at least seven of them.

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