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Columnist says delayed probe into sex trafficking allegations needs to speed up
A Brazilian columnist says Daniel Vorcaro is accused of financing a prostitution network that recruited women, including refugees from Ukraine, for parties with Brazilian officials.
The allegations are described in a recent UOL investigation, which the columnist says revealed messages about recruiting and controlling young women.
Brazil’s Federal Police opened an inquiry in May, after women lawmakers urged the institution to act, according to the columnist.
She says she first raised concerns about a lack of investigation in February and argues the delay may have given those involved time to hide evidence or silence women.
The case matters because Brazilian law treats fraud or abuse of vulnerability as possible means of human trafficking, and the columnist questions how freely women fleeing a war could make choices.
The allegations also concern a Ukrainian refugee whose city was being bombed and who was reportedly encouraged to join the network.
The columnist says she and the Ukrainian organization La Strada filed a complaint with Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office, adding the translated UOL investigation.
She argues that investigators need to make up for lost time, but no next steps are stated.
A Folha columnist says Brazil’s Federal Police waited until May to open an investigation into possible sex trafficking linked to Daniel Vorcaro.
She says the inquiry began after women lawmakers prompted the police, three months after she first accused the force of failing to investigate.
The columnist argues the delay may have given an alleged criminal network time to silence women, hide evidence and prepare.
She cites a report alleging that Vorcaro financed an international prostitution network and recruited women from countries at war.
The article says Ukrainian refugees were among the women allegedly recruited.
- Who
- Folha columnist and the Federal Police; the allegations concern Daniel Vorcaro and women allegedly recruited into prostitution.
- What
- The columnist says the police delayed investigating possible sex trafficking allegations linked to Vorcaro.
- When
- The columnist says she first raised the lack of investigation on February 19 and that the police opened an inquiry in May.
- Where
- Brazil; the article also refers to Ukrainian refugees and a complaint to Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office.
- Why
- The columnist says women lawmakers prompted the police to open an inquiry. She argues the delay may have helped alleged criminals.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The columnist says she first denounced the Federal Police’s failure to investigate possible sex trafficking.
The Federal Police opened an inquiry, according to the columnist, after women lawmakers prompted the institution.
UOL published a report about allegations involving Vorcaro, prostitution and the recruitment of refugees.
- Inquiry opened
- May
- First denunciation cited by columnist
- February 19
- Reported delay
- Three months
- Ukrainian refugees
- Among the women allegedly recruited
- Complaint in Ukraine
- Filed with the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine by the columnist and La Strada
What people are saying
E as mulheres? Quantos anos tinham? Podiam sair? Podiam dizer não? Quem as ouviu?
A inércia e a demora da Polícia Federal, propositais ou não, acabaram por favorecer os criminosos e é preciso correr atrás do tempo perdido.
Gata e novinha!