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BETween 2019 and 2021, more than 200,000 people disappeared in Brazil, which represents an average of 183 people going missing per day. Most of the cases (30%) are teenagers between 12 and 17 years old.

The new figures are part of a study conducted by the Brazilian Public Security Forum, an NGO that gathers data on crime in the country.

According to researcher Talita Nascimento, the Forum gathered information from police reports across the country and interviewed police officers to find out how investigations of missing persons are carried out. She said that the numbers are worrying, as the disappearance of people is not usually a priority in police stations.

"Disappearance is not a crime in Brazil and it is very complicated to investigate.

Often, the police leave it up to the families.

There is a lot of blame on the family, which ends up mobilizing the most to find the missing person," she told Brazil Reports.

The study revealed, according to Nascimento, that disappearances are usually prioritized when they involve children, even if the disappearance of this sector of the population represents less than 3% of the data. In addition, there is priority in cases of the elderly and people with mental disorders.

But when it involves teenagers, she pointed out negligence in the investigations.

"Especially if it is a boy, there is a belief that that young man has run away or is being rebellious and the investigation does not advance as it should," said the researcher.

"We also identified a difference in the average reporting time of missing between men and women: the average for men is eight days, while for women it is six days."

Still, according to the study, 62% of the disappeared in Brazil are men and 54% are black people.

Teenagers aged 12 to 17, with 30% of cases, represent 84 missing per 100,000, a number almost three times higher than the national rate, which is 29 disappearances per 100,000 people.

Meeting of women with missing family members.

Image courtesy of Mães da Sé

Posted January 2 2024 at 2:38 PM

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