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RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A maid enslaved for decades was among dozens of slavery victims rescued in coordinated raids across Brazil, government officials said on Thursday, hailing the operation as a “milestone” in anti-trafficking efforts.
Most of the 140 workers freed in “Operation Rescue” were found in rural areas - many picking oranges in the central state of Goias, but several others were toiling in sweatshops in Sao Paulo and two worked as maids in Rio de Janeiro.
“This operation is a milestone,” said Romulo Machado e Silva, undersecretary of Brazil’s Labor Inspector’s Office, describing the simultaneous swoops as the country’s biggest such joint anti-slavery operation.