Along it's 2,700 miles, there are at least 272 places where children are known to be sold for sex, according to Federal Police surveys.

 

That's one place every ten miles.

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In communities around the highway, a culture has grown up which sees abuse and exploitation as normal and acceptable, and where girls are pushed into prostitution at a young age.

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The worst rate of child sexual exploitation is along a 300-km stretch spanning the poor north of Minas Gerais state and the south of Bahia state, known as the 'child prostitution corridor'. This is where we have our projects.

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