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Title : Human Trafficking in Canada / CBC Marketplace

Description : This CBC news article discusses how Canada has turned into an entry and exit point of human traffickers. It highlights that unlike POTUS said, 90 percent of victims of trafficking in Canada are people of Canadian origin and not abroad. The video contains comments of the police personnel and the experts on how victims are manipulated and controlled.

Summary : The video explains the most pertinent legal aspects of human trafficking . It reveals that without cross-border motion, trafficking might still happen within Canada using the process of grooming and psychological control. It also talks about how trafficking infringes protections under the Charter such as security of the person and liberty rights.

Personal Connection : The fact that the majority of victims were the Canadian citizens made the issue very close and tangible. Since I am a person living in Ontario, I am now more conscious about any signs of exploitation in places like social gatherings or working places in town. In case I choose to become a lawyer, a worker in social services or the health sector, the knowledge of red flags will be used to better assist a possible victim and become aware of the legal framework that will defend them.

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Title : RCMP: Understanding Human Trafficking in Canada

Description : This clip informs the audience about the symptoms of human trafficking and what they should do in case somebody becomes a possible victim. It enumerates red flags - isolation, inability to identify, and sudden change in behavior, and underlines awareness and intervention in the community.

Summary : Among the important indicators mentioned in the video related to the legal aspects of trafficking according to the Criminal Code of Canada, there are exploitation, coercion, and recruitment. It states that when there is no force or mobility, the factors of control such as non-release of the documents or issuance of threats attain the statutory level of trafficking violations . The video is also an essential correlation to providing security of the person and the liberty of the Charter of the victims in favor of suspected trafficking cases.

Personal Connection : It became concrete and practical to learn the behavioral and situational signs of the warning signs, which were mere legal constructs. Having been a person in a community, now I know what to observe in daily situations, such as a person being out of perspective in terms of isolation or not being able to control his or her personal documents. This will assist me in detecting possible victims of trafficking at a future job in social services, healthcare, or a law enforcement agency and take the necessary actions based on the current legal and ethical protocols.

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Title : In this video, there is an interview with Karlie Church, one of the survivors of human trafficking in Durham Region, and we hear the knowledge of the Clinical Director of the Victim Services of Durham Region, Kayla Gama. Karlie reveals her experienced life, the process of grooming, and how she finally got everything to stand back and start a new life.

Description : The video represents the importance of grooming and psychological manipulation and how after a long period of coercion that does not necessarily involve physical force, the situation is still considered human trafficking according to the Canadian law . It points to the fact that the imbalances of power, strategy and dominant control and exploitation must be recognized and understood even when, at first, victims seem to have given their consent. The experience of the survivor also shows how refuge is critical in the security of person to be given to the victim as well as the provision of justice and recovery.

Personal Connection : Learning about Karlie, who came to trafficking through my area, I was reminded that the problem is not about other regions there is a possibility to find trafficking right in a local community. This personal account is what gave the legal terms such as grooming, exploitation, and coercion a more significant meaning. In case I find a job in law enforcement, social services, healthcare, or even community outreach, I will become more sensitive to the signs of trauma and more able to assist victims, so they can find legal help and care.

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A human trafficking survivor shares her story | The Social

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Article 1 : Trafficking in persons in Canada, 2023 – Statistics Canada 

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Article 1 : Trafficking in persons in Canada, 2023 – Statistics Canada 

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Description : This is a statistics Canada article that provides a statistic overview of human trafficking in Canada. It discusses the police-reported statistics between 2013 and 2023 pointing at demographic trends and variation by region across provinces.

Summary : Now, during 2013 - 2023, 4,500+ incidents of human trafficking were reported by the police in Canada with the highest rates in Ontario and Nova Scotia of 2.1 and 6.3 per 100 000 population, respectively.

The statistics cover that 93 percent of the victims are women and girls, approximately 23 percent are children (below the age of 18), and 91 percent recognize their accused trafficker, in most cases, as an intimate partner or friend . These figures support important legal factors where the factors involved in trafficking include recruitment, harbouring, control and exploitation of the typical person using their coercion and balance in power but it is not necessary to use physical force. Data can further be used to help demonstrate how prosecution of the cases is a challenge, particularly where victimhood is not in sight of the administration or when they are coerced with consent.

Career Connection : The presentation of the statistics of the Canadian realities makes the problem real. The fact that the majority of the victims are young women and are exploited by somebody they know makes me understand how it is so easy to obtain coercion by simply being involved in a normal relationship. Regardless of whether I am operating in the field of healthcare, law-enforcement, social services, or policies, this data-driven outlook will assist me in learning the new trends and determining why both strong investigative practices and prevention methods have to be supported.

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The Daily — Trafficking in persons in Canada, 2023

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In 2023, 570 human trafficking incidents were reported to police, a slight decrease from the 597 reported in 2022. There was also a decrease in the rate of human trafficking (1.4 incidents per 100,000 population in 2023 compared with 1.5 in 2022).

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Article 2 :  The high cost of human trafficking – Royal Canadian Mounted Police 

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Article 2 :  The high cost of human trafficking – Royal Canadian Mounted Police 

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Description: This article provides an understanding of the human costs of human trafficking in Canada though the aspects of the financial, social, and psychological costs of human trafficking in Canada. It shows the process in which the victims frequently fall into the grasp of traffickers because of recurrent trafficking practices.

Summary : Human trafficking can be more profitable and sustainable when compared to drug dealing since a given target can be used over and over again in form of sexual exploitation or labour exploitation . RCMP Human Trafficking National Coordination Centre combats trafficking through multi-jurisdictional operations as well as national hotline that aids victims and referrals in an attempt to deal with the recruitment, harbouring and exploitation under criminal law.

Career Connection : The observation of the work of such organized initiatives as the HTNCC and the hotline also supports the idea of action unison. I would apply them in future professional assignments of protecting victims and holding individuals accountable by the law as a personnel serving in community services or law enforcement.

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Human trafficking ruins lives.

That's why those battling to protect people at risk are continually looking for ways to educate the most vulnerable and rescue those forced into illicit activities.

"Criminals are learning, in my opinion, that it's more cost effective to traffic in people," says Corporal Sue Harvey, a supervisor in Alberta's Indigenous Policing Unit. "If they're selling drugs, they have to keep importing them. But once they've lured say, young girls into prostitution, they just keep re-trafficking them and making money."

Human trafficking - which includes sexual exploitation, forced labour and organ trafficking - is one of the largest international illicit businesses. It generates around $150 billion in profits worldwide annually, worldwide.

Victim support

The RCMP - through its Human Trafficking National Coordination Centre ( HTNCC) - develops and assists with new approaches to spread information about the forced recruitment, transportation and concealment of people for unlawful purposes.

"In Canada, the majority of our known cases are for the purpose of sexual exploitation with females being the most commonly victimized," says Corporal Emilie Jones, acting non-commissioned officer in charge of the HTNCC.

She say 95 per cent of the HTNCC's cases involve domestic human trafficking for sexual exploitation.

The HTNCC assisted the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking with developing a 24/7 multilingual national human trafficking hotline, which became operational in May.

"The hotline plays a crucial role in the fight against human trafficking," says Jones. "It acts as a central mechanism for referrals and helps connect human trafficking victims and survivors with support."

Helping survivors of human trafficking get back home to their families is another important part of their recovery process.

The centre has an agreement with WestJet to provide free transportation to victims of human trafficking so they can return home safely at no cost.

Jones says the HTNCC is working with other airlines on similar programs.

The centre's work also included a collaboration last October with the Ontario Provincial Police and 61 other law enforcement agencies, called Operation Northern Spotlight.

Investigators identified and provided support to people who officials suspected were being forced into the sex trade or who were at high risk of being trafficked.

Youth tool kit

Raising awareness about human trafficking is another critical piece that's achieved through police presentations, theatrical plays and detailed information booklets directed at young Canadians.

Centre staff have distributed thousands of youth tool kits to interested organizations since they were introduced in 2012.

"It's the main tool we use in order to create awareness in the youth community," says Jones.

The tool kit, which explains the scope of human trafficking in Canada, was used during the 2018-19 school year by some Grade 12 students at Roland Michener Secondary School in South Porcupine, Ont.

It was part of teacher Chantal Guenette's Equity and Social Justice class after the students decided one of their major topics of the year should be human trafficking.

"The students started questioning: Was it even happening here?" says Guenette. "So I decided to give that question back to the class."

Local police visited the students and revealed that human trafficking cases are under investigation in the area.
With information from the tool kit and their own research, the students organized an awareness campaign and presented daily morning announcements at the school.

"It's not a topic that has come up very much," Guenette admits. "But now the kids know it's everywhere and you can get sucked in before you realize it."

Harvey says those partnerships reflect the need to fight against human trafficking at many levels.

"It's a multi-jurisdictional issue that involves many organizations," says Harvey. "We need to recognize that people working in the sex trade, or those in the process of being deported, could be victims of human trafficking and need help before they get arrested or deported."

The national human trafficking hotline is 1-833-900-1010.

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Human trafficking ruins lives. That's why those battling to protect people at risk are continually looking for ways to educate the most vulnerable and rescue those forced into illicit activities. "Criminals are learning, in my opinion, that it's more cost effective to traffic in people," says Corporal Sue Harvey, a supervisor in Alberta's Indigenous Policing Unit.

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Article 3 : Government funding to help empower survivors of human trafficking – Department of Justice Canada 

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Article 3 : Government funding to help empower survivors of human trafficking – Department of Justice Canada 

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Description : In this formal press release, it announces close to half a million dollars to assist an NGO based on Montreal called La Sortie in federal funds (more than three years). It offers trauma-based support and education to the victims of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation.

Summary : The investment with the Department of Justice Victims Fund is creating victim-centred legal supports and trauma-informed social services so that victims and survivors can find financial freedom and psychological health again . The program is agreeable to the National Strategy in Canada, according to provisions of the Criminal codes and the priorities of the Charter as relates to the need to protect and empower the victims.

Career Connection : This case illustrates the way the legal and social systems can be used in assisting survivors in more than just prosecution- including counselling, education and debt recovery. I would advocate such integrative survivor services in any area of professional work within the justice or community care groups.

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New funding to support victims and survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation

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Human trafficking and sexual exploitation are heinous crimes, with far reaching repercussions for victims, survivors, their families, their communities, and society as a whole.

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CanLII Case:  R. v. T.J.F., 2024 SCC 38 (Supreme Court of Canada)

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CanLII Case:  R. v. T.J.F., 2024 SCC 38 (Supreme Court of Canada)

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Description : It is one of the landmark decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada (2024 SCC 38) as it answers the questions of how the Criminal Code 279.01 and 279.02 provisions on human trafficking are applied. It explains that the violence, threats, coercion meted upon a victim is a valid element in judicial retribution, and not a past happening that can be ignored as the past. The decision reinforces the interpretation of the exploitation and control in the law.

Summary : The Court overturned previous acquittals stating that the trial judge made an incorrect assessment of the s. 279.01(1) and 279.02(1) trafficking offences when he considered the actions of violence and threats against the victim as none relevant past discreditable behavior but a form of evidence of committing the actus reus of those crimes. The case establishes that routine violence and intimidation could indicate exploitation, domination, or guidance in relation to the moves of a victim- the fundamental constituent of trafficking crimes under the law. The ruling interprets the phrase on trafficking beyond the physical aspect of force to psychological coercion or intimidation, in line with the purpose of amendments in Bill C-49 and C-15. Rights of the victims, the Charter of Rights to security of the person and liberty are upheld to be part of the main analysis of exploitation.

Career Connection : This case also made me relate law theory to reality: it once again taught me that human trafficking is viewed as a crime even in the most intangible forms of intimidation and control. Should I become a law-enforcement officer or a social service worker or an attorney, I will be ready to see the unobvious manifestations of coercion, but not the force. It is such a ruling which shows that such patterns as manipulation, emotional abuse, or threats can be prosecuted, which is why, after gaining such perspective, one can defend and represent the victim in the court of law adequately.

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A human trafficking survivor shares her story | The Social

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New funding to support victims and survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation

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Human trafficking and sexual exploitation are heinous crimes, with far reaching repercussions for victims, survivors, their families, their communities, and society as a whole.

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The Daily — Trafficking in persons in Canada, 2023

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In 2023, 570 human trafficking incidents were reported to police, a slight decrease from the 597 reported in 2022. There was also a decrease in the rate of human trafficking (1.4 incidents per 100,000 population in 2023 compared with 1.5 in 2022).

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Human trafficking ruins lives.

That's why those battling to protect people at risk are continually looking for ways to educate the most vulnerable and rescue those forced into illicit activities.

"Criminals are learning, in my opinion, that it's more cost effective to traffic in people," says Corporal Sue Harvey, a supervisor in Alberta's Indigenous Policing Unit. "If they're selling drugs, they have to keep importing them. But once they've lured say, young girls into prostitution, they just keep re-trafficking them and making money."

Human trafficking - which includes sexual exploitation, forced labour and organ trafficking - is one of the largest international illicit businesses. It generates around $150 billion in profits worldwide annually, worldwide.

Victim support

The RCMP - through its Human Trafficking National Coordination Centre ( HTNCC) - develops and assists with new approaches to spread information about the forced recruitment, transportation and concealment of people for unlawful purposes.

"In Canada, the majority of our known cases are for the purpose of sexual exploitation with females being the most commonly victimized," says Corporal Emilie Jones, acting non-commissioned officer in charge of the HTNCC.

She say 95 per cent of the HTNCC's cases involve domestic human trafficking for sexual exploitation.

The HTNCC assisted the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking with developing a 24/7 multilingual national human trafficking hotline, which became operational in May.

"The hotline plays a crucial role in the fight against human trafficking," says Jones. "It acts as a central mechanism for referrals and helps connect human trafficking victims and survivors with support."

Helping survivors of human trafficking get back home to their families is another important part of their recovery process.

The centre has an agreement with WestJet to provide free transportation to victims of human trafficking so they can return home safely at no cost.

Jones says the HTNCC is working with other airlines on similar programs.

The centre's work also included a collaboration last October with the Ontario Provincial Police and 61 other law enforcement agencies, called Operation Northern Spotlight.

Investigators identified and provided support to people who officials suspected were being forced into the sex trade or who were at high risk of being trafficked.

Youth tool kit

Raising awareness about human trafficking is another critical piece that's achieved through police presentations, theatrical plays and detailed information booklets directed at young Canadians.

Centre staff have distributed thousands of youth tool kits to interested organizations since they were introduced in 2012.

"It's the main tool we use in order to create awareness in the youth community," says Jones.

The tool kit, which explains the scope of human trafficking in Canada, was used during the 2018-19 school year by some Grade 12 students at Roland Michener Secondary School in South Porcupine, Ont.

It was part of teacher Chantal Guenette's Equity and Social Justice class after the students decided one of their major topics of the year should be human trafficking.

"The students started questioning: Was it even happening here?" says Guenette. "So I decided to give that question back to the class."

Local police visited the students and revealed that human trafficking cases are under investigation in the area.
With information from the tool kit and their own research, the students organized an awareness campaign and presented daily morning announcements at the school.

"It's not a topic that has come up very much," Guenette admits. "But now the kids know it's everywhere and you can get sucked in before you realize it."

Harvey says those partnerships reflect the need to fight against human trafficking at many levels.

"It's a multi-jurisdictional issue that involves many organizations," says Harvey. "We need to recognize that people working in the sex trade, or those in the process of being deported, could be victims of human trafficking and need help before they get arrested or deported."

The national human trafficking hotline is 1-833-900-1010.

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Human trafficking ruins lives. That's why those battling to protect people at risk are continually looking for ways to educate the most vulnerable and rescue those forced into illicit activities. "Criminals are learning, in my opinion, that it's more cost effective to traffic in people," says Corporal Sue Harvey, a supervisor in Alberta's Indigenous Policing Unit.