sex trafficking

• ‘It validates the experience of survivors’: Marking the 1st National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

  Monday, Feb. 22 marks is the first National Human Trafficking Awareness Day in Canada.

  Canada

  Feb 22
• No decision as bail hearing for fashion mogul Peter Nygard wraps up

  Lawyers for Peter Nygard are expected to present a new plan in a Winnipeg court today as they argue for his release.

  Crime

  Jan 28
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• Calgary man charged with trafficking underage teen girls

  Harrison Brian Penney, 29, is charged with sexual assault, sexual interference, human trafficking, possession of child pornography and accessing child pornography.

  Crime

  Jan 26
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• Nygard stays behind bars as bail hearing moved to special sitting

  Nygard, who is 79, was arrested in December under the Extradition Act and faces nine counts in the southern District of New York, including racketeering and sex trafficking.

  Jan 6
• Peter Nygard applies for bail 2 weeks after arrest on U.S. sex trafficking charges

  The Canadian fashion mogul faces nine counts, including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking of a minor, and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking.

  Crime

  Dec 31, 2020
• London Abused Women’s Centre getting $200K to keep trafficking program going

  The London Abused Women’s Centre will be able to keep its human trafficking program running with the help a big funding boost from the federal government.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2020
• Nygard case helps shine a light on reality of sex trafficking in Winnipeg, victims say

  Sex trafficking victims hope the extra attention from the Nygard case will force Manitobans to acknowledge that it's happening in their own backyard.

  Crime

  Dec 17, 2020
• Peter Nygard’s son reflects on arrest: ‘I was relieved’

  Peter Nygard's son says he is trying to reconcile the image and person he knew growing up with the person who is now accused of sex trafficking.

  Dec 17, 2020
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• Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard arrested on sex trafficking charges

  Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been arrested, court records confirm.

  Crime

  Dec 15, 2020
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• Calgary man charged with sexual assault of second teenage girl

  Calgary police say Michael Todd Mazar is now facing additional charges in connection with the victimization of another teenage girl throughout the spring and summer of 2020.

  Crime

  Dec 8, 2020