Slave labor: more than 2 thousand people were rescued in Brazil in 2022

In total, 462 inspections were carried out, resulting in more than R$8 million in salary and severance payments. As some actions are still ongoing, this value may be corrected.

The Special Mobile Inspection Group carried out a third of the actions and found practices of work similar to slavery in 17 states.

Among the 20 states inspected, only Alagoas, Amazonas and Amapá did not record cases of contemporary slavery. Minas Gerais was the state with the most actions, with more than a thousand workers rescued.

Unemployment insurance data show that 9 out of 10 victims were men, almost a third were between 30 and 39 years old, and more than half were from the Northeast. Around 80% of those rescued were black or mixed race.

According to Ministry of Labor and Employment, 148 victims were migrants from other countries, two-thirds from Paraguay. In total, the number of foreigners rescued doubled compared to 2021.

Among the main economic activities monitored using slave-like labor, are: sugar cane cultivation; charcoal production; cultivation of garlic, coffee, apples and soybeans; extraction of stones and wood; cattle breeding; construction; in restaurants and clothing manufacturing.

⚠️ Reports of work similar to slavery can be sent online, to website of the Ipê System.

(To Agency Brazil)

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