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NEW: Every year, Latin American smuggling networks exploit thousands of people from Africa and Asia as they try to reach the US and Canada. We worked for 9 months with @CLIP_AmericaLat and 16 other partners to uncover these little-known routes. 1/ occrp.org/en/cruel-road-…
Migrants often start their journey in São Paulo — the main hub of South America’s smuggling networks — due to Brazil’s looser refugee laws and visa requirements.
This map shows some of the routes they have taken north, by nationality. 2/ occrp.org/en/cruel-road-…
This map shows some of the routes they have taken north, by nationality. 2/ occrp.org/en/cruel-road-…
It’s a lucrative business. Police documents, official statistics and accounts from migrants suggest these smuggling networks make hundreds of millions of dollars a year. @RonnyRojas reports the cash is then moved around the world via front men, businesses, and money transfers. 3/
