Human Trafficking In Canada
"Raise awareness and diminish vulnerability "People are NOT to be SOLD"
Here is a link for those who are victims of “Human Trafficking”. The link that we have provided is from the Department of Justice Canada. The link provides different resources for victims that need protection and assistance in getting victims out of this violating life style.
How many people are actually aware about human trafficking in our own country?
“I’M NOT FOR SALE!!”
Because human trafficking is a hidden, clandestine operation, reliable statistics are difficult to obtain. The R.C.M.P. Criminal Intelligence Directorate estimated in 2004 that 800 people are trafficked into Canada each year, 600 of which are destined for the sex trade. They also estimated that 1,500 – 2,200 people are trafficked from Canada into the U.S.A. annually. According to Canadian non-governmental organizations, the numbers of foreign women brought into the Canadian sex trade each year are much higher. There are also many Canadian women who ar trafficked within Canadian borders.
Who is being trafficked into the sex trade in Canada?
Canada’s Aboriginal female population is prostituted and trafficked in disproportionate levels. Aboriginal youth are only 3 – 5% of the Canadian population, and yet in some cities they are 90% of the visible sex trade.
According to research conducted by Michael Chettleburgh, gang expert, quoted in Cherry, Tamara. “Flesh trade targets natives,”Toronto Sun, Monday, September 29, 2008.
How do women get trafficked into the sex trade in Canada?
Often, Canadian youth are approached at airports, bus stations, malls or youth facilities, and offered “friendship” which leads to trafficking. Other times they are trafficked to events like fairs, sports events or exhibitions. Those outside of Canada are sometimes brought to Canada on student or visitor visas. Some think they will be coming to Canada to study, others to work, others to get married. The majority of human trafficking victims are trafficked by someone they know and trust.
YES! According to the Trafficking in Persons 2009 Report, Canada is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labour. Women and children are trafficked primarily from Asia and Eastern Europe for sexual exploitation, but victims from Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean have also been identified in Canada. In particular, many trafficked victims are from Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, South Korea, the Philippines, Russia and the Ukraine. Asian victims tend to be trafficked more frequently to Vancouver and Western Canada, while Eastern European and Latin American victims are trafficked more often to Toronto and Eastern Canada. Canada is a source country for sex tourism, and NGOs report that Canada is also a destination country, particularly for American sex tourists.
Trafficking in Persons Report, U.S. Department of State, June 2009.
Watch the video, you will see how much us Canadian’s know about human trafficking that happens within Canada.
Human Trafficking is a crime against humanity. It involves an act of recruiting, transporting, transfering, harbouring or receiving a person through a use of force, coercion or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them. Every year, thousands of men, women and children fall into the hands of traffickers, in their own countries and abroad. Every country in the world is affected by trafficking, whether as a country of origin, transit or destination for victims
