Reports of slave labor set a new record in Brazil

Brasilia, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) With 4,515 reports in 2025, Brazil had the highest number of reports in a single year of slave labor and conditions analogous to slavery in its history, it was reported today.

January 9, 2026
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According to previously unpublished data from the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship, updated for the G1 news portal, this figure represents a 14% increase compared to 2024, the year in which it set a record with 3,959 reports.

This growth reinforces the upward trend observed in recent years and highlights the persistence of this contemporary scourge in Brazil.

The 2025 reports include allegations of child slave labor, as well as situations involving adults subjected to grueling workdays, degrading conditions, debt bondage, and restriction of liberty.

All of these situations constitute crimes under Brazilian law.

January saw the highest number of complaints registered since the creation of the Disque 100 hotline in 2011. In the first month of the year alone, 477 complaints were registered.

Since the hotline began receiving reports of slave labor, more than 26,000 related complaints have been filed throughout Brazil, according to the Ministry of Labor.

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