See Town Where Teenagers Are Used As Raffles By Pedophiles (Photos)

Vulnerable girls are being used as raffle prizes in Encruzilhada, Brazil. Hundreds of men buy £5 tickets for the chance to sexually abuse victims. But the ticket is ‘significantly’ more expensive when a virgin is the prize

Lawyer said pedophile ring had numbered tickets for girls ‘up for grabs’. Charity Meninadanca claim child sex abuse rife in Brazil’s poor rural areas

Police are investigating after shocking claims underage girls in a Brazilian town are being offered as prizes in raffles and games of bingo.

In the world’s sickest competition, depraved men in Encruzilhada, northeastern Brazil, are buying raffle tickets in which the winner gets a young girl to abuse, according to a local charity.

Hundreds of men have reportedly purchased the numbered tickets for as little as £5, with the draw eagerly awaited in the town and surrounding area.

A number of the raffles have also taken place offering virgin girls as prizes, with tickets sold at ‘significantly’ higher prices, it is alleged.

Meanwhile, a venue in the town also organises weekly bingo nights where pedophiles play for the right to abuse underage girls, British charity Meninadanca claimed.

The organization, which works with victims of sexual exploitation in the region, said the sick games happen ‘in the light of day’ and with the ‘knowledge of most people – even the police.’

Local lawyer Michael Farias, who investigated the raffles, told MailOnline that the competition is so well known that men came from surrounding towns in the region, in the south of Brazil’s State of Bahia.

The gang would produce the numbered tickets with the young girl that was up for grabs. Various girls were raffled, who were aged between eleven and 17
Local lawyer Michael Farias

He said: ‘The gang would produce the numbered tickets with the young girl that was up for grabs. Various girls were raffled, who were aged between eleven and 17.