Europol coordinated a joint action day between the Brazilian Federal Police (Polícia Federal) and the Irish National Police and Security Service (An Garda Síochána) against a criminal network involved in human trafficking for sexual exploitation of victims originating from South America.

Active in Ireland and across several EU Member States, the criminal network, composed mainly of Brazilian nationals, is suspected of having exploited several hundreds of victims. The criminal network is also investigated for forgery of documents, money laundering and other financial and economic crimes. The investigation was carried out within the framework of a Europol Operational Taskforce.

The investigation and operational actions led to:

Europol coordinated a joint action day between the Brazilian

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