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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 ...
Women and girls from other South American countries, especially Paraguay, are exploited in sex trafficking in Brazil. Brazilian men and transgender Brazilians have been exploited in sex trafficking in Spain and Italy. [10] Women are trafficked from all parts of the country. The government reported that trafficking routes existed in all states ...
Maurício Farias de Souza, 12: On December 27, 1992, the boy went to pick up a payment from a woman he worked for. He was last seen in the company of a man on a red bicycle. Renan Santos de Souza, 9: On January 23, 1993, the boy went out to play on the banks of the Chingu River. He was last seen in the company of two men.
B razil's Rio de Janeiro state has unlawfully extended an unpaid labor scheme for prisoners denounced by human rights experts as a form of modern slavery, official documents obtained exclusively ...
The 163 Chinese workers found by Brazil's labor ministry in what it described as "slavery-like conditions" at a factory construction site owned by Chinese electric vehicle producer BYD have been ...
Brazil's numerous ports and its borders with many South American countries makes it a key center of the global cocaine trafficking trade. Prison-based gangs such as the First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) and the Red Command (Comando Vermelho – CV) have expanded from Nationwide and are heavily involved in international ...
At least 200 prisoners escaped from a minimum-security Brazil prison during an uprising on Thursday.
Perpetrators of crimes against these migrants are often those involved with people smuggling, known as coyotaje. [8] [9] [10] They may also be bandits, members of criminal gangs, other migrants, or government employees in either Mexico or the U.S. [8] [10] [11] Sexual violence may be considered part of the "price" women must pay in order to be smuggled over the border.