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Jan 30, 2016

TRUCKERS AGAINST CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION * Brazil

* R. J. - Brazilian truckers are part of the problem

-- Truck drivers are part of the problem in the widespread sexual exploitation of children in Brazil along the nation's highways but they now are becoming part of the solution, experts say... Once truckers are trained in children's rights, attitudes toward exploitation change and they are less likely to have sex with children once they learn it is a crime, according to research by the charity Childhood Brazil... Brazilian truck drivers frequently pay for sex with children and teenage boys and girls at truck stops and loading areas, the charity said... One in five said they had sex with a child, and nearly three quarters said their colleagues had done so, according to interviews with 342 truck drivers in 2010, it said... Nearly 85 percent said it was common to see the sexual exploitation of children and teenagers along highways and at truck stops...
(Photo: Child prostitution)  --  Rio Janeiro, RJ, Brazil - Thomson Reuters Foundation(Colombia, by ANASTASIA MOLONEY - Jan 28, 2016

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