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Paraguay investigates human trafficking at 200-worker call center

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Paraguayan authorities are probing whether Brazilian workers recruited for jobs at an Asunción call center were vulnerable to labor exploitation.

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A police operation carried out in Asunção, Paraguay, rescued about 200 workers in a call center investigated on suspicion of labor exploitation. Among the employees there were a large number of Brazilians, many in irregular migration situation. The police began to investigate the case after receiving the complaint from a Brazilian woman to the foreign ministry of the country. The agency referred the case to the Public Prosecutor who opened an in…

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Some 200 people, mostly Brazilians, were found by authorities during action on suspicion of labor exploitation in call center in Paraguay.

·São Paulo, Brazil
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Police operation in Paraguay resulted in the discovery of 200 people suspected of labor exploitation

Police believe workers have been recruited by social networks and see signs of human trafficking

·São Paulo, Brazil
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Nearly 200 people worked at the three levels intervened during Operation Dignity. Most were Brazilian nationals, although the authorities did not specify how many. Workers were not detained and said they were free to leave the place. Then, why is a possible scheme of human trafficking being investigated for labour exploitation purposes? The so-called Operation Dignity put under the magnifying glass the conditions in which about 200 people worked…

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UOL broke the news in São Paulo, Brazil on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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