| Abstract: |
On a slightly wet St Patrick’s Day, I was alerted to a new breaking scandal around red meat fraud. Operation Weak Flesh saw over 1,000 police officers conduct raids across Brazil’s massive red meat industry, the world’s biggest in terms of exports. Allegations of corruption and fraud in the industry and the Brazilian government itself have since emerged. The main thrust of the investigations seems to be the production of falsified health certificates for large amounts of meat unfit for human consumption. A whistleblower claimed a large-Mafia style operation to sell rotten meat at home and abroad was rampant in Brazil. |
