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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
One of Brazil's top criminal leaders was locked up in a 6-square-meter (65-square-foot) isolation cell at a maximum security prison to avoid being killed by rivals, authorities said Tuesday. The ...
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.
Former soccer star Robinho started serving a nine-year prison sentence in his native Brazil on Thursday more than 10 years after he was first accused of raping a woman in Italy. The 40-year-old ...