Paraíba Prosecutors Charge Influencer Hytalo Santos and Husband With Trafficking and Exploiting Minors

Overview

• The Ministério Público da Paraíba, through Gaeco, filed a criminal denúncia to the 2ª Vara Mista de Bayeux against Hytalo Santos and Israel Vicente for human trafficking, producing child pornographic material, and exploiting vulnerable adolescents.
• The complaint details a structured operation that allegedly recruited at-risk youths with fraudulent promises, imposed aesthetic alterations with sexualized tattoos, and tightly controlled victims’ routines and communications.
• Both remain in preventive detention in João Pessoa after the Tribunal de Justiça da Paraíba denied release requests submitted by the defense.
• The prosecution seeks R$10 million in collective damages, and the Labor Court in Paraíba ordered the blocking of vehicles, assets, and funds up to R$20 million at the request of the MPT.
• The case proceeds under secrecy with Gaeco leading the probe, Civil Police providing technical data extraction from eight devices, and prior judicial orders covering social-network blocks, demonetization, contact bans, and additional searches.