Child Trafficking

• New USask human trafficking study asks for sweeping system changes

  According to a new study, women and girls in remote and rural areas are most likely to be victims of human trafficking. Researchers say social systems lead women to vulnerability.

  Crime

  Jan 23, 2023
  
• Supreme Court of Canada makes monumental ruling to combat online child trafficking

  "The courts have recognized that fighting crime and law enforcement's ability to investigate crime must evolve with the digital age." 

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2022
  
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• Ontario government asks school boards to develop anti-trafficking strategies by 2022

  Ontario says it will spend $2.4 million to support necessary training and resources for the move, which will help schools identify, respond to and prevent trafficking of children.

  Education

  Jul 6, 2021
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• Online course educates Nova Scotians on how to recognize and prevent sexual exploitation

  Government says it is investing $1.4 million this year and in each of the next three years to raise awareness, support prevention and directly help victims and survivors. 

  Canada

  Jun 2, 2021
• Children for sale: Canada’s youth at the heart of the rising sex trade

  "The majority of victims are not people being brought from other countries into Canada, it's Canadian young women."

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2020
• Epstein plea deal in 2008 result of ‘poor judgment’: Justice Department

  Under the terms of the deal, Epstein pleaded guilty to lesser state charges and served a brief stint in jail where he was granted daily work release.

  World

  Nov 12, 2020
• Peter Nygard’s sons accuse Canadian fashion mogul of arranging for their rape as teens

  In a lawsuit filed in a New York court Sunday, two of Winnipeg fashion mogul Peter Nygard's sons accused their father of hiring a sex worker to rape them when they were teenagers.

  Crime

  Aug 17, 2020
• Clothes, bedsheets taken away from Ghislaine Maxwell due to suicide concerns: official

  The steps to ensure Maxwell’s safety while she’s locked up at a federal jail in New York City extend far beyond the measures federal officials took when they first arrested her in New Hampshire last week.

  World

  Jul 9, 2020
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• 2 Brampton men charged in London child trafficking probe; 1 remains at large: police

  Few details have been made public about the investigation itself. Police have only said it dates back to 2015 and involves a then 15-year-old girl.

  Crime

  May 17, 2019
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• Ottawa police arrest four in connection with human trafficking investigation

  The arrests were made March 29 and the investigation began in February.

  Crime

  Apr 2, 2019