Human Trafficking Issues in Canada
Victims often don’t fit the stereotype: they could be from a middle-class suburban family, being sold online. They could be your daughter. Sex trafficking is everywhere and leaves no country untouched.
Women who are victims of human trafficking don’t fit the description many people might imagine. Trafficked Women are more likely to be from a middle-class family in Richmond Hill or Mississauga than a poverty-stricken village in Romania or Moldova. And they’re more likely to be sold online than on the street.
In 2005, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) estimated that between 600 and 8000 persons are trafficked into Canada annually and that additional 1,500-2,200 persons are being taken to the United States from Canada, against their will. This was updated in 2010.[4] In 2011, Corporal Jassy Bindra stated that there were more than 30 ongoing investigations into human trafficking across Canada. Cindy Kovalak is the Human Trafficking Awareness Coordinator for the Northwest Region Immigration and Passport Section of the RCMP.
Many Canadian NGOs such as Vancouver Rape Relief argue that making prostitution illegal is the best way to prevent human trafficking, forced prostitution, child prostitution and the like. They argue that a system which allows legalized and regulated prostitution makes it more socially acceptable to buy sex, creating demand for prostitutes and, as a result, human trafficking increases in order to satisfy this demand. Too bad that cities like Toronto have legalized prostitution.
Source: CoolTop10s.com
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