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===Brazil=== {{Update|section|inaccurate=yes|date=March 2015}} In the state of [[Rio de Janeiro]] alone, over 6,000 rapes are reported every year (or about 37 per 100,000 people).<ref name=ipsbrasil/> Nationwide, the rape rate varied between 26 and 32 per 100,000 women in 2009.<ref>Joseph Murray, Crime and violence in Brazil: Systematic review of time trends, prevalence rates and risk factors, Aggressive Violent Behavior, Sep 2013; 18(5): 471–483</ref> The arrest rates on rape complaints, was 4% in Rio.<ref name=ipsbrasil>[http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/06/rape-in-brazil-still-an-invisible-crime/ Rape in Brazil still an invisible crime, Fabiola Ortiz, Inter Press Service (June 24 2013)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404183555/http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/06/rape-in-brazil-still-an-invisible-crime/ |date=2019-04-04 }}; Quote "The civil police reported that in the first four months of 2013 there were 1,822 rapes committed in the state, while only 70 persons were arrested for these crimes."</ref> About 19.6% of 2011 rapes were gang rapes.<ref>Pablo Lira, Índice de violência criminalizada (IVC), II Congresso Consad de Gestão Pública, Gestão em segurança pública, Government of Brasil (2013); pp. 17–23</ref> In 2016, more than 30 men drugged and gang raped a 16-year-old girl and later posted photos and a video to boast about it online.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-05-27 |title=Report of a Gang-Rape in Rio de Janeiro Shocks Brazil – Latin America News Dispatch |url=https://latindispatch.com/2016/05/27/report-of-a-gang-rape-in-rio-de-janeiro-shocks-brazil/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=latindispatch.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bearak |first=Max |date=2021-12-01 |title=Dozens of men took part in the gang rape of a Brazilian teen. Then the video surfaced online. |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/05/27/dozens-of-men-took-part-in-the-gang-rape-of-a-brazilian-teen-the-the-video-made-it-online/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
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