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Human trafficking in Brazil is an ongoing problem. Brazil is a source country for men, women, girls, and boys subjected to human trafficking, specifically forced prostitution within the country and abroad, as well as a source country for men and boys in forced labor within the country. The United States Department of Homeland Security ...
The commercial use of humans is mostly consisted of women and children. In 2000, human trafficking gain a lot of attention due to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act passed by the United States. While the act is a US policy, the act also consist of an anti-trafficking efforts that by the US to stop human trafficking in its southern neighbors ...
NGOs and officials report some police officers ignore the exploitation of children in sex trafficking, patronize brothels, and rob and assault women in prostitution, impeding identification of sex trafficking victims. [10] The government of Brazil was working stringently to clamp down on child prostitution. [11] [12]
International law enforcement agencies have arrested several members of an online community that groomed and abused children, officials said Thursday. U.S. Homeland Security, Europol and the ...
Three women, sisters Maida and Neuza, and Neuza’s daughter Tatiana, later died. The suspect, arrested Sunday, is the daughter-in-law of Zeli dos Anjos, 60, who made the cake, according to CNN ...
Thousands of women protested on Saturday against a bill advancing in Brazil's conservative Congress that would equate abortions after 22 weeks of pregnancy to homicide and establish sentences of ...
Brazilian labour authorities stated that the workers are victims of human trafficking. [7] The Brazilian authorities condemned such working conditions as "degrading" and "slavery-like" and have suspended the issuance of visas to BYD workers until their legal rights are guaranteed. [1] [2] [3] [4]
An Instagram influencer and former Brazilian model, who went from living in poverty to partying with Leonardo DiCaprio, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for human trafficking and ...