Criminal case
Federal Public Prosecutor's Office v. Vale S.A., TUV SUD and individual defendants
- Authority
- 2nd Federal Criminal Court of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Case number
- Not stated in the sources read
- Filed or opened
- January 2023 (charges accepted 24 January 2023)
- Organization
- Vale S.A.
- Current stage
- Evidence hearings under way since 23 February 2026, scheduled to end on 17 May 2027
- Outcome
- Pending. No verdict on homicide or environmental crime charges.
Decisions and steps
Claims this case bears on
- Unresolved62Brazilian federal prosecutors charged that Vale and TUV SUD colluded to issue false stability declarations for the Brumadinho dam, and that 16 people committed qualified homicide.Press report, 26 January 20234 records citedSafety
Sources
- S5Tier C Tragédia em Brumadinho: processo criminal será desmembrado em trêsInfoMoney (Agencia Brasil). Press report. 26 January 2023.Agencia Brasil report on acceptance of the charges, the 16 individual defendants and the split of the case. Credited to the agency, no named reporter. The page title continues after a semicolon, which is cut here.Link working, checked 25 October 2026
- S6Tier C Justiça define calendário, e audiências de testemunhas no processo criminal por Brumadinho vão até 2027O Fator. Press report. 21 October 2025.Report by Lucas Ragazzi on the hearing calendar. It counts 15 defendants and says a former Vale chief executive was excluded by a habeas corpus ruling under appeal.