Nou, Fortaleza staat er weer gekleurd op.
Brazil's child sex trade soars as 2014 World Cup nears
Officials and campaigners fear explosion in child prostitution amid rising demand from football fans
Sex tourism occurs across Brazil but Fortaleza – one of the north-east's top tourist destinations with white sandy beaches and about 300 days of sunshine – is the industry's main hub.
A culture of machismo, combined with extreme poverty and drug use, has created the perfect environment for sexual exploitation, say social workers like Cecília dos Santos Góis, who works for Cedeca, a children's rights charity.
"Women in the north-east have traditionally been treated as second-class citizens, as objects even," she says. "Many fathers see their young daughters as a source of income and that is a cultural attitude that's hard to change."
Bron: The Guardian