Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence Latin America Initiative 3 DRUGS AND DRUG TRAFFICKING IN BRAZIL: TRENDS AND POLICIES At the same time, however, Brazil remains one of the 1.3 Review of literature on child labour and drug trafficking 9 Chapter 2: Methodology 17 Chapter 3: Children involved in drug trafficking schemes 19 3.1 Data on children who committed crimes or mi sdemeanors 19 3.2 Profile of children involved in drug trafficking schemes 21 3.3 Life dynamics of children in drug trafficking 27 Fueled by a mix of power inequality, extreme economic insecurity, corruption, and regressive social norms, child sex Much of that work aims to prevent modern slavery and human trafficking. Brazil’s sheer size, with 60 per cent of South America’s landmass, its level of poverty and social inequality – concomitant with the need to enhance the effectiveness of prosecuting trafficking in persons and sexual exploitation perpetrators – makes addressing trafficking in persons all the more difficult. In these regions, children often live in the street and, as a result, are confronted with violence on a daily basis. The remaining sections are: 1) An analysis of legal and policy challenges to The first national plan was implemented between 2008 and 2010. And now, while the world’s spotlight is on Brazil, it’s fitting to applaud the country in its quest to eradicate modern slavery from its borders. On the plus side, human trafficking has risen up the political agenda in Brazil in recent years, with the government introducing its first national anti-trafficking action plan in 2008. Together with the UK’s National Crime Agency, Happy Child International, the A21 Campaign, Europol and the Jubilee Campaign have launched "It’s a Penalty" campaign. Fortaleza – Brazil. Child trafficking is therefore often a social problem that can also be associated with ethnicity. Several children in Brazil have been found working for the major delivery app Rappi during the coronavirus pandemic, officials said, calling the company "willfully blind" about child labor. Brazil hopes to attract more than half a million fans for this summer's World Cup and take in billions of tourism dollars. This paper begins by providing a general background on child sex trafficking and a specific overview of the situation in Brazil, including the key determinants of child sex trafficking in Brazil. Brazil, with a population of approximately 204 million, is the largest country by far in Latin America. Child Sex Trafficking at the World Cup Brazil 2014, Rio 2016 Olympics. Fueled by a mix of power inequality, extreme economic insecurity, corruption, and regressive social norms, child sex trafficking has flourished in Brazil. What follows is the list of 12 human trafficking countries. Moreover, Brazil is listed as a Tier 2 country by the U.S. State Department in 2014 Report on Trafficking in Person, which suggests that even though Brazil’s laws do not fully comply with the international minimum standard for trafficking in persons, it is relatively invested in making progress. Brazilian women and children, as well as girls from other countries in the region, are exploited in domestic servitude; approximately 213,000 children are employed as domestic workers in Brazil. : : Article 3(c) This definition is substantially wider than the same document's definition of "trafficking in persons". According to the State Department’s 2014 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, Brazil is a large source of and destination for child sex trafficking, with child sex tourism remaining a problem in resort and coastal areas. The research was conducted in the framework of the Global Study on Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism. According to the U.S. State Department’s 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report, Brazil is acknowledged as a huge source, transit and destination country for the trafficking in persons. Its second $2.9 million national plan, announced earlier this year , will see a revision of the penal code and new control posts set up in ten border towns. Brazil is considered to have the worst child sex trafficking record after Thailand. 5 Executive Summary The trafficking of children1 for sexual exploitation in Brazil is both devastating to their health and well-being, and a gross violation of their human rights. Caught selling drugs is punished with five to fifteen year sentence, although, sex trafficking is punished with an eight year sentence at the most. Human trafficking is a multi-billion dollar enterprise, and it’s one of the fastest-growing illicit industries in the world. World Cup 2014: On myths and reality of sex trafficking. Eleven students from Brazil and Chile have filed a federal human trafficking lawsuit accusing a northwest Iowa community college, a recruitment company, a pet food manufacturer and a … ... which now carries an international reputation for child sex trafficking. The country-specific research report on SECTT was made by ECPAT Brazil. It is the first time that Brazil's statistics agency has collected data on dangerous forms of child labour, which include sex work, drug trafficking and handling heavy machinery. The data on child trafficking show that China and Uzbekistan are among countries with highest child trafficking. Many federal laws can be used to combat human trafficking, including the Penal Code, the Alien’s Statute, and the Child and Adolescent Statute. Human rights violations in the context of the World Cup 2014 go beyond human trafficking and child sexual exploitation. InSight Crime Analysis. In "Brazil Lagging in Fight against Human Trafficking" by Fabiola Ortiz, she claims "Local laws punish drug trafficking more severely than human trafficking." ECPAT Brazil is a member of ECPAT International. An analysis of sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism. Defense ministers from Brazil and Colombia agreed to step up their fight against drug traffickers at a meeting Tuesday in the Brazilian city of Manaus, … Brazil's child sex trade: Jessica, 16, who was arrested during a raid at a sex club, shows her tattoo at a shelter for girls in Fortaleza. Trafficking of children is a form of human trafficking and is defined by the United Nations as the "recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, and/or receipt" kidnapping of a child for the purpose of slavery, forced labor and exploitation. The new project against human trafficking is the second national plan of the decade in Brazil and will last until 2016. Sex trafficking is an appalling truth to many young people in Brazil, where there are half-a-million child sex workers, according to the National Forum for the Prevention of Child Labour. Colombia, Brazil and Peru united in the fight against human trafficking and sexual exploitation in the Amazonian tri-border region. This report presents the findings of a mixed methods study on We urge Brazil and the world to renew and strengthen commitments to end slavery and human trafficking of all types. One question is whether by committing $3 million to new border checks, Brazil is investing enough resources to make a dent in the problem. BRAZILIAN faith healer Joao Teixeira de Faria - known to his followers as 'John of God' has been accused of running a sex slave farm and selling babies to the highest bidder on the black market. Some Brazilian trafficking victims are forced to engage in criminal activity, including drug trafficking, in Brazil and neighboring countries. According to the recently released Protection Project report, various official sources agree that from 250,000 to 500,000 child live as child prostitutes. North Brazil is known for its poverty. Photograph: Reuters Global development is supported by Brazil’s “exploitation highway”— in the city of Medina. Leticia, Colombia - 23 January 2019 - On December 12, 2018, actors of diverse sectors concerned by the issues relating to human trafficking and sexual exploitation gathered in a panel in Leticia, Colombia. The initiative aims to raise awareness that having sex with a minor is a crime and will result in prosecution in either Brazil …