I was listening to an episode of Behind the Bastards about the slave labor used by Volkswagen in the 1970s and 1980s and this fact came up. Here’s the relevant Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Brazil
Excerpt:
Out of the 12 million Africans who were forcibly brought to the New World, approximately 5.5 million were brought to Brazil between 1540 and the 1860s.
The majority of slaves went to central and south America. Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands (along with Britain) were all involved in what was likely the most gruesome slave trade in human history. In Brazil’s case it was Portugal that purchased and moved those slaves over.
In the podcast I listened to covering modern times, it was Volkswagen doing it. The case literally came to trial THIS YEAR, 2025!
Not surprising since colonial violence is the foundation of capitalism.