MTE annual results on slave-like labour
Brazil’s 2026 release reports 2,772 workers rescued in 2025 enforcement actions.
Regional Profiles
Andean Corridor
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia combine migration-linked exploitation, illegal mining, domestic servitude, and recruitment of children and indigenous communities along border and river routes. Prevention work increasingly focuses on local awareness and early detection in high-risk communities.
2025 Colombia TIPSouthern Cone
Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay remain tied to intra-regional trafficking for labour exploitation, sexual exploitation, and abuse in urban service, agricultural, and cross-border economies. Southern Cone responses increasingly stress consular coordination and migrant protection.
2025 Argentina TIPBrazil & Amazon Basin
Brazil and adjacent Amazon borderlands face trafficking risks connected to illegal mining, remote worksites, transport corridors, and severe labour informality. Forced labour enforcement, labour inspection, and protection in frontier zones remain central to the regional response.
ILO Brazil Update