The Rio de Janeiro police caught three women who forced their children – minors – to sell sweets and beg for money at traffic lights, sidewalks and commercial establishments.
The women were arrested on Avenida Olegário Maciel, in Barra da Tijuca. The action is part of Operation Sold Childhood, which aims to combat the exploitation of child labor in the state.
According to the Civil Police, while the children were asking for money, their mothers watched them from afar. Residents and shopkeepers in the region took the case to the police. After the complaints received, the agents began investigations and confirmed the practice committed by the women.
According to investigations, the minors earned an average of R$250 per day from sales. All materials sold were seized from the three women.
The Guardianship Council also acted in the incident. The body, responsible for safeguarding and guaranteeing the rights of children and adolescents, welcomed the minors and contacted other guardians of the children, all victims of child labor exploitation.
Mothers will be held accountable for the crimes of ill-treatment, abandonment of the incapable and intellectual abandonment for subjecting their children to shame and embarrassment.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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