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On June 28, a Brazilian judge sentenced Torres to eight years in prison for the human trafficking slavery of Freitas. The judge concluded that she had lured the young woman to the US for the ...
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 ...
RIO DE JANEIRO/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese workers at a construction site in Brazil for a factory owned by China's electric vehicle producer BYD are victims of human trafficking, Brazilian labor ...
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 ...
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]
A family member is comforted as he grieves during the burial service of Kathlen Romeu, a young pregnant woman killed by a stray bullet, at a cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, June 9 ...
The 1921 Convention ensure that protection from trafficking and sexual exploitation on the international level. The Article 6 states that "The High Contracting Parties agree, in case they have not already taken licensing and supervision of employment agencies and offices, to prescribe such regulations as are required to ensure the protection of women and children seeking employment in another ...
Human trafficking panic gets a holiday twist in the latest faux trafficking scare to hit social media. In a December 16 Instagram post that received more than 190,000 likes, user Ernest Carter ...