Charlotte Peet, 32, last contacted a friend in Rio de Janeiro on February 8, according to a Tuesday statement from the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in Brazil (ACIE).

Brazilian police said Wednesday they are investigating the disappearance of 32-year-old British freelance journalist Charlotte Alice Peet, who hasn’t made contact with friends or family for more than

A British journalist has been missing in Brazil for more than 10 days, a foreign correspondents' association said late on Tuesday, urging authorities to step up their search efforts.

Charlotte Peet—a British freelance journalist with bylines in The Telegraph, The Evening Standard and The Times—has been missing for more than a week, according to Brazilian authorities.

Charlotte Peet, 32, who has worked for Al Jazeera, the Times and the BBC World Service, has not been seen or heard from since February 8, when she sent a WhatsApp message to a friend in Rio de Janeiro