The Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP), equivalent to the Spanish Tax Agency, announced yesterday that it suspended the "home office" the group DuPont Argentina, for their involvement with the company Pioneer, accused of benefiting from slave labor and tax evasion. The AFIP claims that its agents captured images of a labor camp located on a farm in Pioneer, in the province of Cordoba, and there is no doubt that it is "a case of human trafficking." The department of external communication of DuPont, contacted by El Pais, reported that he had instructions not to make statements regarding what happened.
A statement from AFIP, its inspectors carried out a raid on a farm located in the Paraje Monte del Rosario, where rural areas were three camps for the deflowering of maize plants in which there were no minimum conditions of safety. "The laborers said they were employed by Adecco Specialities, SA, a company hired in turn by Pioneer Argentina, SRL," said the AFIP report, released on the web Infocampo.
"Staff found that farm workers paid 97 pesos (about 20 euros), but that amount is paid at the end of all the work, after deducting the money in case of damage to plants. None of the workers knew how that would measure damage, so that, ultimately, do not know how much charge. In addition, workers are not allowed to leave the premises until they finish the job "(the field is located 40 kilometers from a public transport route) and the supply of drinking water are in a defective condition.
Pioneer said simply hiring with companies providing workers, as is usual in this type of work, and that all the pawns were duly registered, "not violated any provisions." AFIP president, Ricardo Echegaray, explained that he had taken the decision to suspend " home office "of DuPont (Pioneer group ownership) on the ground that this system is based on fiscal reliability of the firms" and that DuPont can not enjoy this benefit "if it is connected with a company that exploits its employees and makes them work in an inhumane way.
"images that might capture the agents of the AFIP is overwhelming," said Echegaray to the official agency Telam. The home customs system, implemented in Argentina in 1999, allows leading companies , which reaches a certain number of transactions and volume of exports or imports (usually grain) on their premises have their own customs office (staff of the AFIP), which will benefit significantly because it reduces bureaucracy and allows shorter storage.
In order to fit into that system is essential not to have had previous tax problems. Telam Echegaray said that "DuPont Argentina has reached required standards in terms of number of transactions in the international market, more than 2,800 of approximately $ 115 million dollars, but the AFIP suspended the license because it ceased to be an operator reliable.
" The headquarters of the multinational DuPont in Delaware (United States), but the company is present in Argentina since 1937. Pioneer's case is not the first object of labor scandal in Argentina. The Ministry of Labour of the Province of Buenos Aires and prosecutors recently reported another multinational company, based in the Netherlands, charged with the same crimes rural slave labor.
The very President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, addressed the issue a few weeks ago, saying his government would be inflexible with these practices. 
A statement from AFIP, its inspectors carried out a raid on a farm located in the Paraje Monte del Rosario, where rural areas were three camps for the deflowering of maize plants in which there were no minimum conditions of safety. "The laborers said they were employed by Adecco Specialities, SA, a company hired in turn by Pioneer Argentina, SRL," said the AFIP report, released on the web Infocampo.
"Staff found that farm workers paid 97 pesos (about 20 euros), but that amount is paid at the end of all the work, after deducting the money in case of damage to plants. None of the workers knew how that would measure damage, so that, ultimately, do not know how much charge. In addition, workers are not allowed to leave the premises until they finish the job "(the field is located 40 kilometers from a public transport route) and the supply of drinking water are in a defective condition.
Pioneer said simply hiring with companies providing workers, as is usual in this type of work, and that all the pawns were duly registered, "not violated any provisions." AFIP president, Ricardo Echegaray, explained that he had taken the decision to suspend " home office "of DuPont (Pioneer group ownership) on the ground that this system is based on fiscal reliability of the firms" and that DuPont can not enjoy this benefit "if it is connected with a company that exploits its employees and makes them work in an inhumane way.
"images that might capture the agents of the AFIP is overwhelming," said Echegaray to the official agency Telam. The home customs system, implemented in Argentina in 1999, allows leading companies , which reaches a certain number of transactions and volume of exports or imports (usually grain) on their premises have their own customs office (staff of the AFIP), which will benefit significantly because it reduces bureaucracy and allows shorter storage.
In order to fit into that system is essential not to have had previous tax problems. Telam Echegaray said that "DuPont Argentina has reached required standards in terms of number of transactions in the international market, more than 2,800 of approximately $ 115 million dollars, but the AFIP suspended the license because it ceased to be an operator reliable.
" The headquarters of the multinational DuPont in Delaware (United States), but the company is present in Argentina since 1937. Pioneer's case is not the first object of labor scandal in Argentina. The Ministry of Labour of the Province of Buenos Aires and prosecutors recently reported another multinational company, based in the Netherlands, charged with the same crimes rural slave labor.
The very President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, addressed the issue a few weeks ago, saying his government would be inflexible with these practices.
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