Amazon illegal gold mines drive sex trafficking in the Brazil-Guyana border

Amazon illegal gold mines drive sex trafficking in the Brazil-Guyana border

BOA VISTA, Brazil — After crossing the Brazilian border into the town of Lethem in Guyana, a billboard declares that human trafficking is a crime. It’s a jarring message in this otherwise tranquil town with its streets full of stores selling products imported from China. Those are just some of the products that draw traders here from across the border in the Brazilian city of Bonfim, 132 kilometers (82 miles) away from the capital of Boa Vista, …