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A year long study on the reality of human trafficking in Northwestern Ontario is underway.
Funded by Ontario’s Solicitor General in cooperation with Provincial Police, Dr. Anita Olsen Harper of Lac Seul First Nation has been selected to do the research study.
Harper has a PHD in Education from the University of Ottawa and stresses this study is long overdue with very little known about human trafficking in the Northwest.
“In the northeast there have been a few studies initiated by Universities, but up in the Northwest region I haven’t found anything that has to do with human trafficking research.”
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On Feb. 22, in recognition of National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, the Alberta RCMP is working to educate Albertans on the dangers of human trafficking and exploitation – serious crimes that occur across Canada, including in our own province, everyday.
“Trafficking is an extremely lucrative crime, netting billions of dollars for traffickers worldwide,” said Cst. Kristin Appleton, Alberta RCMP Missing Persons Unit.
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“This is because victims can be continuously sold time and time again unlike illicit drugs or other illegal contraband.”
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Ontario s proposed human trafficking legislation could take burden off victims, says crisis counsellor
An Ontario woman who survived human sex trafficking, and now helps others who have been affected, says new provincial legislation aimed at tackling the issue shows promise.
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Posted: Feb 24, 2021 12:20 PM ET | Last Updated: February 24
The Ontario government tabled new legislation on Monday to help curb human trafficking. According to data from the province, Ontario accounted for 55 per cent of all police-reported human trafficking incidents across the country in 2019.(Melissa Renwick/Toronto Star)
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Posted: Feb 23, 2021 5:17 PM AT | Last Updated: February 23
A new report by the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking details how human traffickers use transportation corridors on a regular basis to exploit victims, who are often young women and girls. (Robert Short/CBC)
For the first time, advocates have a better understanding of how human traffickers use transportation routes across the country, including between Halifax and Moncton, N.B., to evade police and confuse and isolate their victims.
A national study released Monday by the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking details how trafficking corridors between cities are being used to exploit young women and girls. Many are forced to work as escorts or in strip clubs.