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Forced Child Prostitution in Brazil
The girls are attracted by the promise of employment, but then are sent to work in night clubs in these faraway, inaccessible places, and kept captive like prisoners. Even the more experienced girls, who are not new to prostitution, are tricked. -
Japan Sex Industry Ensnares Latin Women
At least 1,700 women from Latin America and the Caribbean are lured each year into sexual slavery in Japan's huge illicit sex industry, according to a new report. A team of researchers hired by the Organization of American States found that most of the women come from Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico and Peru. -
Brazil slave inspectors
Most are in isolated parts of the country, far from the capital, where powerful farmers hold sway. Labour Ministry inspectors travel around Brazil making surprise raids, often based on tip-offs, to find out if farmers keep their workers in slavery-like conditions. Any labourers found are set free. -
New era of slavery exposed in Brazil's rain forest
Slaves were found by Brazilian labor ministry inspectors during a recent raid on remote cattle ranch in the Amazon owned by a right-wing senator - a find which has brought to the attention of the wider world an appalling violation of human rights. -
Spanish Police Arrest Brazilian Prostitutes
The group recruited hundreds of women coming mainly from Brazil. Gang members arranged passports and air tickets to Spain, where the women were persuaded and forced to work illegally as prostitutes in clubs in the southern regions of Andalusia. -
Prostitution and Trafficking in the UK
100 women were trafficked for prostitution from remote villages in Brazil to London over a 5-year period. The women were held under debt bondage. The trafficker made £5 million profit. -
Brazil's Efforts
Brazil is on a mission to end its status as Latin America's largest supplier of sex slaves. In recent months the government has joined international sting operations, passed a new law and launched a media campaign. -
Information Found About Brazilian Sex Trafficking
Brazilians are the major victims of international human trafficking. Most victims are women aged between 18 and 30 with a low educational background. These women want to leave for Europe and believe they will have a better job and life there but end up being sexually exploited. -
Brazil's Affects on Portugal
Brazil’s influence in Portugal is it the main source of victims for human trafficking in Portugal. Brazil is the favorite country for traffickers who form part of the prostitution networks that have mushroomed in Portugal. -
Estimated Number of children forced into prostitution in Brazil
Brazil is considered to have the worst child sex trafficking record after Thailand. According to the recently released Protection Project report, various official sources agree that from 250,000 to 500,000 child live as child prostitutes.