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Sex Trafficking in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province (2008)

A sex trafficking case from 2008 in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. 1 source on file.

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What happened

Law Enforcement has only been involved in a way that permits the sex industry and benefits from it.

Response and intervention

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7793183.stm Daniel Schweimler from BBC reported this information.

Forced Labor2015

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2015

Argentina AR

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.

1 source
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.

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016
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