Easier to Trade People than CDs

During my visit to the Brazil-Paraguay-Argentina tri-border area, I
met Fr. Nilo who helped me understand the trafficking of Paraguayan
women into Brazil for sexual exploitation.

Paraguay’s border city, Ciudad del Este, is quickly improving
economically. Due to their trade agreements with Asian countries, the
items are much cheaper to purchase in Paraguay compared to Brazil,
and in less than a thirty-minute-walk a person from Brazil could buy
the latest computer in Paraguay. Brazil, to protect their economy, has
designed a strict control so every item that passes into their country
pays taxes.

Most of the trafficking happens through this border. Their focus to
prevent smuggling of products into Brazil makes them oversee the
smuggling of people. Anyone can bring into Brazil several young women,
and the border police probably will not questioned them about the
passengers. Fr. Nilo showed me that it is easier to trade people than
CDs.

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