MPF said that Damares’ complaint was false and charged R$5 million for damage

Back in the news after a song by singer Aymeê went viral, allegations of sexual exploitation of children and trafficking of minors on Marajó Island, in Pará, gained national attention for the first time in 2022 through complaints made by the then former Minister of Human Rights and current senator, Damares Alves (Republicanos-DF).

At the time, in addition to being attacked by politicians and artists who tried to discredit the allegations, Damares was the target of an action by the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) in the Federal Court of Pará asking for compensation of R$5 million for social and moral damages.

In the action, the prosecutors also cited the Union, which should pay half of the compensation amount.

The MPF alleged that Damares did not present evidence of the alleged crimes mentioned. According to the Ministry of Human Rights, between 2016 and 2022, 5,440 reports were registered via Dial 100 (the ministry’s reporting channel) of sexual exploitation of minors in the state of Pará.

In September last year, Senator Damares informed the People’s Gazette that would wait for the action to be processed before making a decision.

In a statement, the parliamentarian’s office reinforced that “the senator expects the MPF to be relentless in the hunt for abusers and sexual exploiters of children and adolescents and in the same sense to act, in an increasingly incisive way, in the search for missing children in Brazil” .