Brazil's Attorney General's Office (PGR) asks the Supreme Court to declare the crime of forced labor imprescriptible.
Last year alone, 2.575 workers were rescued from conditions analogous to slavery in the country.
247 - The Attorney General's Office (PGR) asked the Supreme Federal Court (STF) on Monday (3) to recognize the crime of work analogous to slavery as imprescriptible (there is no time limit to punish this crime). Last year alone, 2.575 workers were rescued from situations analogous to slavery in the country. This year, the number was 918, between January and March 20 alone, representing a record increase of 124% compared to the same period in 2022.
The Penal Code provides for a prison sentence of 2 to 8 years for anyone who acts to reduce someone to a condition similar to slavery.
According to the Attorney General's Office, a time limit cannot be set for the State to punish those responsible for serious human rights violations.
"Setting a time limit for state punishment for crimes of this nature represents a violation of the following fundamental principles: human dignity, the social value of work, and the fundamental objective of building a free and supportive society," he said.