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Forced Labor in Buenos Aires (2015)

A forced labor case from 2015 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1 source on file.

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What happened

Employment agencies in El Alto, Bolivia, recruit workers for textile workshops in Greater Buenos Aires, where many are subjected to labor exploitation. About 3,000 Bolivians were among the roughly 4,500 people rescued from labor exploitation in Argentina between 2008 and 2015, most of them from textile workshops in Greater Buenos Aires and the capital, and some from agriculture.

Sex Trafficking2011

La Plata, Argentina, 2011

Argentina AR

Police conducted "Operation Sentinel" and raided 5 brothels in La Plata and Florencio Varela. 4 brothel owners were arrested for intent to traffick women across borders. The brothel owners took the women's identification upon arrival to the brothel.

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Sex Trafficking2009

Mar de Plata, Argentina, 2009

Argentina AR

Victim was picked up by a man claiming to be her "cousin". Then sent to a brothel.

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016