Tag: JBS SA

• Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 08:41 UTC

  Brazilian and Indonesia billionaires clash over the sale of a US$ 3.5bn pulp mill

  

  The business dispute between the disgraced billionaire Batista brothers in Brazil and the heir to an Indonesian pulp and paper fortune is throwing a wrench in meatpacker JBS SA’s plans to list its international operations in the United States.

• Friday, April 26th 2019 - 08:29 UTC

  First shipment of Brazilian chicken to India in a year when the world faces a shortage of meat protein

  

  Brazilian meat processor JBS SA said its Seara processed foods unit will start selling chicken products to India, as the group explores new markets in a year when poultry is poised to become the most demanded meat protein in the world.

• Thursday, December 13th 2018 - 09:10 UTC

  Corruption investigation into Brazil's major meatpacker JBS SA

  

  Brazilian police made public an investigation into corruption involving three senators and three lawmakers that stemmed from a related probe into major meatpacker JBS SA. The police carried out 24 search-and-seizure warrants in the early morning hours, they said in a written statement, as part of an investigation into money laundering and corruption, among other crimes.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2018 - 09:20 UTC

  Bolsonaro's chief of staff investigated over allegations of illegal campaign funding

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court said on Tuesday it had authorized a federal investigation into allegations that the incoming chief of staff for far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro had taken illegal campaign donations.

• Saturday, November 10th 2018 - 09:45 UTC

  Brazilian meat packing tycoon and two ex agriculture ministers arrested

  

  Police arrested a controlling shareholder of meatpacker JBS SA and two former Brazilian agriculture ministers on Friday in connection with an investigation into illegal campaign contributions. Joesley Batista, a member of the family that founded the world's largest meat processor, is expected to be held only temporarily, his lawyer André Callegari said. He declined to elaborate on the arrest order or the investigation.

• Wednesday, October 11th 2017 - 15:56 UTC

  Brazilian Congress seems prepared to again save Temer from Justice charges

  

  A Brazilian congressional report recommended on Tuesday that President Michel Temer should not face trial for obstruction of justice and membership in a criminal organization, arguing that the charges against him were unfounded.