Priscilla Mazenotti
Reporter - Agência Brasil

Brasília - Brazilian women are among the prime victims of international sex traffic, according to the United Nations (UN). The majority are women between the ages of 18 and 30 who believe in the fantasy of a better life in Europe and allow themselves to be seduced by miraculous promises.

"Around 90% of the cases are Brazilian women destined for the sex industry in Europe," observed the coordinator of the Crime Prevention and Drug Supply Reduction Program, Reiner Pugs.

To fight this type of crime, president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signs a decree today (28) to institute the National Policy to Combat Human Trafficking.

The guidelines of the document establishing the National Policy to Combat Human Trafficking will be discussed today in the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic (PGR), in Brasília. Legislative members of the Joint Parliamentary Investigatory Commission on the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents will participate in the debate. The text is coordinated by the Ministry of Justice, the Special Secretariat of Human Rights, and the Special Secretariat of Women's Policies.

Translation: David Silberstein