Keep Us Strong WikiLeaks logo

Currently released so far... 97115 / 251,287

Articles

Browse latest releases

Browse by creation date

Browse by origin

A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Browse by tag

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ETRD EAGR ETTC EAID ECON EFIN ECIN EINV ELAB EAIR ENRG EPET EWWT ECPS EIND EMIN ELTN EC ETMIN EUC EZ ET ELECTIONS ENVR EU EUN EG EINT ER ECONOMICS ES EMS ENIV EEB EN ECE ECOSOC EK ENVIRONMENT EFIS EI EWT ENGRD ECPSN EXIM EIAD ERIN ECPC EDEV ENGY ECTRD EPA ESTH ECCT EINVECON ENGR ERTD EUR EAP EWWC ELTD EL EXIMOPIC EXTERNAL ETRDEC ESCAP ECO EGAD ELNT ECONOMIC ENV ETRN EIAR EUMEM ENRGPARMOTRASENVKGHGPGOVECONTSPLEAID EREL ECOM ECONETRDEAGRJA ETCC ETRG ECONOMY EMED ETR ENERG EITC EFINOECD EURM EENG ERA EXPORT ENRD ECONEINVETRDEFINELABETRDKTDBPGOVOPIC EGEN EBRD EVIN ETRAD ECOWAS EFTA ECONETRDBESPAR EGOVSY EPIN EID ECONENRG EDRC ESENV ETT EB ENER ELTNSNAR ECHEVARRIA ETRC EPIT EDUC ESA EFI ENRGY ESCI EE EAIDXMXAXBXFFR EETC ECIP EIAID EIVN EBEXP ESTN EING EGOV ETRA EPETEIND ELAN ETRDGK EAIDRW ETRDEINVECINPGOVCS EPEC ENVI ELN EAG EPCS EPRT EPTED ETRB EUM EAIDS EFIC EFINECONEAIDUNGAGM EAIDAR ESF EIDN ELAM EDU EV EAIDAF ECN EDA EXBS EINTECPS ENRGTRGYETRDBEXPBTIOSZ EPREL EAC EINVEFIN ETA EAGER EINDIR ECA ECLAC ELAP EITI EUCOM ECONEFINETRDPGOVEAGRPTERKTFNKCRMEAID EARG ELDIN EINVKSCA ENNP EFINECONCS EFINTS ECCP ETC EAIRASECCASCID EINN ETRP EAIDNI EFQ ECOQKPKO EGPHUM EBUD ECONEINVEFINPGOVIZ ENERGY ELB EINDETRD EMI ECONEFIN EIB EURN ETRDEINVTINTCS EIN EFIM ETIO ELAINE EMN EATO EWTR EIPR EINVETC ETTD ETDR EIQ ECONCS EPPD ENRGIZ EISL ESPINOSA ELEC EAIG ESLCO EUREM ENTG ERD EINVECONSENVCSJA EEPET EUNCH ECINECONCS ETRO ETRDECONWTOCS ECUN EFND EPECO EAIRECONRP ERGR ETRDPGOV ECPN ENRGMO EPWR EET EAIS EAGRE EDUARDO EAGRRP EAIDPHUMPRELUG EICN ECONQH EVN EGHG ELBR EINF EAIDHO EENV ETEX ERNG ED
KMDR KPAO KPKO KJUS KCRM KGHG KFRD KWMN KDEM KTFN KHIV KGIC KIDE KSCA KNNP KHUM KIPR KSUM KISL KIRF KCOR KRCM KPAL KWBG KN KS KOMC KSEP KFLU KPWR KTIA KSEO KMPI KHLS KICC KSTH KMCA KVPR KPRM KE KU KZ KFLO KSAF KTIP KTEX KBCT KOCI KOLY KOR KAWC KACT KUNR KTDB KSTC KLIG KSKN KNN KCFE KCIP KGHA KHDP KPOW KUNC KDRL KV KPREL KCRS KPOL KRVC KRIM KGIT KWIR KT KIRC KOMO KRFD KUWAIT KG KFIN KSCI KTFIN KFTN KGOV KPRV KSAC KGIV KCRIM KPIR KSOC KBIO KW KGLB KMWN KPO KFSC KSEAO KSTCPL KSI KPRP KREC KFPC KUNH KCSA KMRS KNDP KR KICCPUR KPPAO KCSY KTBT KCIS KNEP KFRDCVISCMGTCASCKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KNNB KGCC KINR KPOP KMFO KENV KNAR KVIR KDRG KDMR KFCE KNAO KDEN KGCN KICA KIMMITT KMCC KLFU KMSG KSEC KUM KCUL KMNP KSMT KCOM KOMCSG KSPR KPMI KRAD KIND KCRP KAUST KWAWC KTER KCHG KRDP KPAS KITA KTSC KPAOPREL KWGB KIRP KJUST KMIG KLAB KTFR KSEI KSTT KAPO KSTS KLSO KWNN KPOA KHSA KNPP KPAONZ KBTS KWWW KY KJRE KPAOKMDRKE KCRCM KSCS KWMNCI KESO KWUN KPLS KIIP KEDEM KPAOY KRIF KGICKS KREF KTRD KFRDSOCIRO KTAO KJU KWMNPHUMPRELKPAOZW KEN KO KNEI KEMR KKIV KEAI KWAC KRCIM KWCI KFIU KWIC KCORR KOMS KNNO KPAI KBWG KTTB KTBD KTIALG KILS KFEM KTDM KESS KNUC KPA KOMCCO KCEM KRCS KWBGSY KNPPIS KNNPMNUC KWN KERG KLTN KALM KCCP KSUMPHUM KREL KGH KLIP KTLA KAWK KWMM KVRP KVRC KAID KSLG KDEMK KX KIF KNPR KCFC KFTFN KTFM KPDD KCERS KMOC KDEMAF KMEPI KEMS KDRM KEPREL KBTR KEDU KNP KIRL KNNR KMPT KISLPINR KTPN KA KJUSTH KPIN KDEV KTDD KAKA KFRP KWNM KTSD KINL KJUSKUNR KWWMN KECF KWBC KPRO KVBL KOM KFRDKIRFCVISCMGTKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KEDM KFLD KLPM KRGY KNNF KICR KIFR KM KWMNCS KAWS KLAP KPAK KDDG KCGC KID KNSD KMPF KPFO KDP KCMR KRMS KNPT KNNNP KTIAPARM KDTB KNUP KPGOV KNAP KNNC KUK KSRE KREISLER KIVP KQ KTIAEUN KPALAOIS KRM KISLAO KWM KFLOA
PHUM PINR PTER PGOV PREL PREF PL PM PHSA PE PARM PINS PK PUNE PO PALESTINIAN PU PBTS PROP PTBS POL POLI PA PGOVZI POLMIL POLITICAL PARTIES POLM PD POLITICS POLICY PAS PMIL PINT PNAT PV PKO PPOL PERSONS PING PBIO PH PETR PARMS PRES PCON PETERS PRELBR PT PLAB PP PAK PDEM PKPA PSOCI PF PLO PTERM PJUS PSOE PELOSI PROPERTY PGOVPREL PARP PRL PNIR PHUMKPAL PG PREZ PGIC PBOV PAO PKK PROV PHSAK PHUMPREL PROTECTION PGOVBL PSI PRELPK PGOVENRG PUM PRELKPKO PATTY PSOC PRIVATIZATION PRELSP PGOVEAIDUKNOSWGMHUCANLLHFRSPITNZ PMIG PREC PAIGH PROG PSHA PARK PETER POG PHUS PPREL PS PTERPREL PRELPGOV POV PKPO PGOVECON POUS PGOVPRELPHUMPREFSMIGELABEAIDKCRMKWMN PWBG PMAR PREM PAR PNR PRELPGOVEAIDECONEINVBEXPSCULOIIPBTIO PARMIR PGOVGM PHUH PARTM PN PRE PTE PY POLUN PPEL PDOV PGOVSOCI PIRF PGOVPM PBST PRELEVU PGOR PBTSRU PRM PRELKPAOIZ PGVO PERL PGOC PAGR PMIN PHUMR PVIP PPD PGV PRAM PINL PKPAL PTERE PGOF PINO PHAS PODC PRHUM PHUMA PREO PPA PEPFAR PGO PRGOV PAC PRESL PORG PKFK PEPR PRELP PREFA PNG PGOVPHUMKPAO PRELECON PINOCHET PFOR PGOVLO PHUMBA PRELC PREK PHUME PHJM POLINT PGOVPZ PGOVKCRM PGOVE PHALANAGE PARTY PECON PEACE PROCESS PLN PRELSW PAHO PEDRO PRELA PASS PPAO PGPV PNUM PCUL PGGV PSA PGOVSMIGKCRMKWMNPHUMCVISKFRDCA PGIV PRFE POGOV PEL PBT PAMQ PINF PSEPC POSTS PHUMPGOV PVOV PHSAPREL PROLIFERATION PENA PRELTBIOBA PIN PRELL PGOVPTER PHAM PHYTRP PTEL PTERPGOV PHARM PROTESTS PRELAF PKBL PRELKPAO PKNP PARMP PHUML PFOV PERM PUOS PRELGOV PHUMPTER PARAGRAPH PERURENA PBTSEWWT PCI PETROL PINSO PINSCE PQL PEREZ PBS

Browse by classification

Community resources

courage is contagious

Viewing cable 08SAOPAULO678, SAO PAULO STATE ORGANIZES TIP MEETING

If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs

Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:
  • The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
  • The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
  • The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.
To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.

Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #08SAOPAULO678.
Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08SAOPAULO678 2008-12-19 17:05 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo
VZCZCXRO1085
RR RUEHRG
DE RUEHSO #0678/01 3541705
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 191705Z DEC 08
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8798
INFO RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 9950
RUEHRG/AMCONSUL RECIFE 4256
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO 8950
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 3348
RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION 3595
RUEHMN/AMEMBASSY MONTEVIDEO 2819
RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO 2595
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ 4004
RUEHPE/AMEMBASSY LIMA 1245
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 SAO PAULO 000678 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR G/TIP, BARBARA FLECK 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREF KCRM PHUM ELAB KTIP BR
SUBJECT: SAO PAULO STATE ORGANIZES TIP MEETING 
 
1.  (U) Summary:  The State of Sao Paulo and the Secretary of 
Justice and Citizen Defense organized a broad-based meeting for NGOs 
and government agencies dedicated to fighting Trafficking in Persons 
(TIP) in Sao Paulo on December 16.  Panelists stressed their 
commitment to "institutionalizing" the fight against TIP and gave 
examples of recent successes, including the establishment of a 
comprehensive database and an increase in prosecutions. 
Additionally, Sao Paulo announced an inter-departmental partnership 
to raise awareness of and combat TIP.  Poloff presented U.S. 
perspectives on TIP and publicized G/TIP's recently released request 
for proposals for the 2009 anti-TIP grants, which was received very 
positively by participants.  End Summary. 
2.  (U) The Office to Prevent and Combat Trafficking in Persons, 
which is part of the Sao Paulo State Secretary of Justice and 
Citizen Defense, hosted a conference addressing Trafficking and the 
Sexual Exploitation of Minors on December 16.  Panelists included 
Dr. Fabio Bechara, Assistant to the Sao Paulo State Attorney 
General; Dr. Mauricio Correo of the National Secretariat of Justice; 
Dr. Leticia Teixeira de Azevedo, Project Analyst for the ORSA 
Foundation; Dr. Debora Aranha, Coordinator for the Winrock 
Institute; Dr. Priscila Siqueira Coordinator for the Service for 
Marginalized Women; Dr. Analia Belisa Ribeiro Coordinator for the 
Office to Prevent and Combat Trafficking in Persons and Political 
Officers from the U.S. Consulate General. 
"INSTITUTIONALIZING" THE FIGHT 
3.  (U) Bechara and Correa opened the conference by addressing the 
continued commitment within the State of Sao Paulo to combating TIP. 
 Bechara noted that, in the past, the focus on TIP had wavered from 
one administration to the next and progress to educate the public 
and combat TIP had been dependent on having a vociferous champion 
within the state.  He observed that officials today better 
understand the problems associated with TIP and are now laying the 
groundwork to "de-personalize" the fight against TIP and make it 
part of the institutional fabric of the legal system. 
4.  (U) Correa added that significant progress had been made on a 
national database to track TIP.  The database tracks victim 
information such as city of origin, how they were trafficked and the 
types of work they do once they arrive at their destination. It also 
records trafficker information including the source of victims and 
the fees received from this illicit activity.  The database enables 
authorities to profile both the victim and the trafficker and gain a 
better understanding of the criminal network.  Ultimately, officials 
hope to use the information from this database to track and attack 
the profits associated with TIP. 
CO-OPERATIVE CAMPAIGNS 
5.  (U) Both Bechara and Correa noted the need for a multi-agency 
approach to combat TIP and announced a cooperative agreement signed 
by the National Secretariat of Justice, the Sao Paulo state 
Secretary of Justice and Citizen Defense and the Ministry of 
Tourism.  Ribeiro noted that this partnership is supported by 33 
NGOs and public institutions and was formed to raise awareness of 
TIP and the adolescent sex trade through targeted public service 
announcements.  This campaign will kick-off before Carnaval in 
February 2009 and will emphasize the quilombos (afro-brazilian 
communities founded by escaped slaves) as they have a high incidence 
of trafficking victims.  In addition, organizers want to educate 
taxi and truck drivers and enlist them as front-line allies in the 
fight against TIP.  Law enforcement officials have long noted a 
disproportionately high number of taxi and truck drivers among the 
traffickers and now hope to address this problem through education 
and with targeted ads and warnings in taxis and on trucks. 
MORE PROSECUTIONS 
6.  (U) Marcia Heloisa Mendonca Ruiz, Sao Paulo Civil Police Chief 
and a frequent interlocutor for the Consulate on TIP issues, 
commented that her office had had some recent success prosecuting 
TIP related crimes.  She noted that in a recent internal trafficking 
case, police brought the trafficker to court on charges of sexual 
exploitation of a minor.  Through Mendonca's involvement in the 
case, they subsequently were able to add trafficking charges to the 
case which is still pending.  While she was pleased to add the 
trafficking charge, she noted that her office must still do more to 
educate judges and the law enforcement community about TIP.  Her 
words were echoed by Texeira de Azevedo in a subsequent panel. 
Texeira shared success stories of several victims rescued from 
prostitution rings.  While she noted with satisfaction that police 
took the cases seriously and immediately obtained assistance for the 
victims, she also observed that the traffickers were arrested and 
held on prostitution charges; none were held for trafficking which 
would have carried a much stiffer penalty (15 versus five years in 
prison). 
OTHER STATES FOLLOWING SAO PAULO'S LEAD 
7.  (U) One of the panelists shared the results of a study recently 
 
SAO PAULO 00000678  002 OF 002 
 
 
completed by the Winrock Institute in cooperation with the State of 
Bahia.  Winrock's researchers interviewed trafficking victims in an 
attempt to profile the types of people who are trafficked to Bahia 
in the sex trade.  They found that most victims are adolescent girls 
between 9 and 15 years of age who are trafficked from the interior 
of Bahia State.  Interestingly, the study also noted that the vast 
majority of "clients" served by the interviewees were Bahian locals 
or domestic Brazilian tourists.  Aranha observed that while child 
sex tourism was often publicly seen as the purview of foreign 
tourists, their studies show that, in Bahia at least, this is not 
the case. 
U.S. SEEN AS AN ALLY, NOT AN INTERLOPER 
8.  (U) Poloff made a presentation on U.S. TIP policy that 
emphasized how the USG's present-day emphasis on fighting TIP 
represents a continuation of the United States's opposition to 
slavery.  Conference attendees paid close attention to the 
functioning of the U.S. TIP Report Tier system and were interested 
in the grant possibilities.  (One organization followed up 
immediately by requesting a meeting with the Consulate.)  Sao Paulo 
participants also clearly did not/not perceive U.S. TIP policy as 
interference in Brazil's sovereign affairs, a sentiment expressed 
repeatedly during the question and answer session that followed 
Poloff's presentation. 
9.  (U) Comment:  Sao Paulo continues to be a center of anti-TIP 
sentiment and activity.  The conference strengthened links between 
Federal, State and Municipal authorities and a wide variety of NGOs 
engaged in the fight against trafficking.  It also featured 
heartening news about increased prosecutions and solid evidence that 
many in Sao Paulo have a positive view of U.S. TIP policies.  The 
announcement of G/TIP's grants was icing on the cake for a 
successful conference and successful participation by the USG.  End 
Comment. 
10.  (U) This cable has been cleared by the Embassy in Brasilia.