The Ministry of Labor and Employment (MTE) reported this Friday (12), World and National Day to Combat Child Labor, that 4,318 children and adolescents were removed from child labor across the country in 2025. The dismissals were the result of 10,234 tax actions last year – the highest number in the last decade in tackling this type of rights violation.  Related news: Study indicates challenges in policies to combat child labor. In the World Cup atmosphere, the campaign calls for a 'red card for child labor'. In the first four months of 2026, 1,108 children and adolescents were removed from child labor situations.  In the cases identified in 2025 and in the first months of 2026, more than 70% of children and adolescents were involved in forms of child labor with serious risks to health, safety, morality and physical and psychological development. According to the Ministry of Labor and Employment, inspections were concentrated in sectors traditionally associated with the use of child labor, such as retail trade, street food services, restaurants, cafeterias, supermarkets, mechanical workshops and some activities linked to industry.  Among the Federation units that recorded the highest numbers of children and adolescents away from child labor in 2025, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul, Espírito Santo, Bahia and Rio de Janeiro stand out.  In the first four months of 2026, the highest numbers of absences were recorded in Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pernambuco, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Goiás, Bahia and Espírito Santo.  “The results achieved throughout 2025 and in the first months of 2026 show that the work of the Labor Inspection constitutes an essential instrument for the identification, interruption and prevention of child labor, contributing decisively to the protection and guarantee of the fundamental rights of children and adolescents throughout the national territory, highlighted the coordinator of Eradication and Inspection of Child Labor at the Labor Inspection Secretariat, Roberto Padilha Guimarães.  For reporting cases of child labor, the ministry provides an exclusive channel: the Ipê Trabalho Infantil System, which can be accessed at this address.