# Brazil expands January 8 investigations and prosecutions

Date: 2023

Human trafficking in Brazil is an ongoing problem. Brazil is a source country for men, women, girls, and boys subjected to human trafficking, specifically forced prostitution within the country and abroad, as well as a source country for men and boys in forced labor within the country. The United States [Department of Homeland Security](/organizations/department-of-homeland-security), describes human trafficking as "the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act.

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