Meat-packer JBS faces complaints filed in Europe over alleged links to illegal Amazon deforestation

A coalition of environmental and human rights groups filed 14 legal complaints with European financial regulators and prosecutors against JBS, its banks, investment managers and advisers

Complaints were filed with financial regulators in Britain, Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands, plus Britain's National Crime Agency and Dutch financial/legal oversight bodies

A separate criminal referral against JBS's Dutch parent company was filed with Dutch prosecutors

The coalition includes Global Legal Action Network, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, Mighty Earth, FIND and a King's College London law professor

Since 2010: JBS says it has monitored its Amazon cattle suppliers using satellite imagery and geo-referencing · 2023: Brazil's Federal Prosecution Service published an audit finding 94% of JBS's cattle purchases were from legal sources · June 2025: JBS began trading on the New York Stock Exchange and incorporated in the Netherlands, moving headquarters to Amsterdam · October 2025: Rondonia's government rescinded a fine against JBS for trading cattle raised in a deforested protected area · Wednesday: The coalition announced it had filed 14 complaints against JBS and its financial partners with European authorities

14 legal complaints · $86.2 billion JBS 2025 revenue · 94% cattle purchases from legal sources · 3,329 / 9,247 direct / indirect suppliers identified · 600,000 square kilometers territory monitored daily

JBS said it had not received the data or methodology behind the allegations, preventing it from evaluating or responding to claims