Human trafficking charges laid in Edmonton
Edmonton police have laid what are believed to be the first human trafficking charges in the city's history after an investigation into an alleged bawdy house in the west end. (Thursday, September 10, 2009, CBC News)
Girl, 15, rescued from prostitution
Police have rescued a 15-year-old girl who they say was being forced to work as a prostitute in Toronto, while her alleged pimp has been arrested and slapped with 10 charges. ... (May 24, 2009, by Precious Yutangco, The Star)
Prostitution, porn linked to human trafficking
EXPLOITATION: About 90% of visible sex trade workers in Canada are aboriginal girls under age 18
Some Canadians have their "moral compasses screwed up" on the issues of pornography and prostitution, an RCMP officer who monitors human trafficking said in London yesterday.
If you use prostitutes or buy pornography, "you're probably supporting human trafficking," said retired superintendent Marty Van Doren. ... (May 20, 2009, by Joe Matyas, London Free Press)
Man pleads guilty to human trafficking
A former Toronto man has pleaded guilty to two counts of human trafficking in connection with forcing two young teens into prostitution. ... (May 13, 2009, by Bob Mitchell, Staff Reporter, The Sun)
Peel police rescue girl, 15, from forced prostitution
A 15-year-old girl forced into prostitution has been discovered in a Mississauga hotel room, hungry, disoriented and suffering burns, her mother said yesterday. ... (April 17 2009, by Dave Bowden, National Post)
Ottawa woman gets seven years in teen-luring case
An Ottawa woman who kept three young women as virtual sex slaves for male clients has received a seven-year sentence — less time served — for human trafficking. (April 10, 2009, by Laura Payton, The Ottawa Citizen)
Mississauga man charged with human trafficking
A 25-year-old Mississauga man has been charged with human trafficking in connection with luring two young women to the city on the pretence they would begin modelling careers. (March 16, 2009, by Bob Mitchell, The Star)
“Sad little girls”, by Susan McClelland, reporting on a thriving child-sex trade in Cambodia, Macleans, November 24, 2003.
“Majumdar has brought me to Svay Pak to show the scale of the child-sex trade, and he knows that children as young as four are available but kept hidden by their pimps in an attempt to avoid police raids. ... ”
“21-st Century Slaves”, by Andrew Cockburn, National Geographic, September 2003. (Use their search feature to find the article.)
“There are more slaves today than were seized from Africa in four centuries of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The modern commerce in humans rivals illegal drug trafficking in its global reach?and in the destruction of lives.”
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