Brazilian officials struggle to rescue victims of domestic slavery

Most victims 'never realise they are being abused', a lawyer says

Yet domestic servitude hit the headlines in Brazil in June when authorities found a 61-year-old maid who they judged to have been kept as a slave in a mansion in Sao Paulo for years.

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