- Countries:
- Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
- Topics:
- Children, Human Rights
“The sexual exploitation of minors in the Triple Frontera – the name given to the trans-border no-man’s land between Ciudad del Este and the border towns of Foz del Iguazú in Brazil and Puerto Iguazú in Argentina – persists thanks to slack border control,” writes Oliver Balch during his visit to Ciudad del Este, Paraguay.
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