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Paul Brandt performs at the Canadian Country Music Awards in Calgary on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019. Advocates in the fight against human trafficking say the financial hardship and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic have helped perpetrators find new targets. Brandt has for almost a year been leading a committee to help guide Alberta s fight against the crime.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
CALGARY – Advocates in the fight against human trafficking say the financial hardship and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic have helped perpetrators find new targets.
“Traffickers are taking advantage of this time where vulnerable people are at home and online and that really makes our work feel much more urgent,” said country music star Paul Brandt, who has been leading a committee to help guide Alberta’s fight against the crime for almost a year.
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TORONTO Yaa Birago says she went to Europe for her 30th birthday. The Toronto woman said he friends bailed last minute and so she went alone. However, things took a turn for the worse when she got to Italy. “I was sexually harassed in front of my Airbnb apartment. I voiced my concerns to my host and the first thing he said was ‘this happens all the time, nothing will happen to you,’” she said. Despite the host finding her new accommodation, Birago said she felt uneasy for the rest of her trip. She said her “aha” moment happened when she got back to Toronto and other women shared similar experiences with her.