End Modern Day Slavery

Hidden sex ads still on Craigslist

Happy Girl, Happy Time Massage. Full-body massage with a hot busty blond. These are just a couple of tawdry listings under the section titled ‘therapeutic massage’ on Craigslist. Two years after the popular buy-and-sell website bowed under pressure and removed … [Read More]

Guilty Plea in Human Trafficking Case

She asked her first victim to be her common-law partner in Hungary and took him to Paris on the pretense of a romantic vacation before coercing him to come to Canada and forcing him to live like a slave in … [Read More]

Windsor Police learn how to spot trafficking from victim of the crime

More than 30 Windsor Police officers on Wednesday will receive special training in how to spot the signs of enslavement and human trafficking. Officers will hear from Timea Nagy, a victim of human trafficking. Nagy said she was lured to … [Read More]

Human trafficking a big problem in Canada: Education is the key

As many as 15,000 people become victims of human trafficking every year in Canada. That’s far too many, says an MP who has devoted herself to the cause. “Modern day slavery is really manipulation of the mind,” said Joy Smith … [Read More]

Alleged pimp charged with human trafficking

A man who police say forced a teenage girl and a young woman into prostitution has been charged with human trafficking in Toronto. Mark Anthony Burton, also known as Ricky Downey, appeared in court on Monday via video from Toronto … [Read More]

Landmark child trafficking case catches advocates’ eyes

Anti-human trafficking advocates say they’re keeping a close watch on the case of a Vancouver man charged with pimping out four young girls. Reza Moazami, 27, was released from custody Thursday night after two months in jail on 18 criminal … [Read More]

MP Joy Smith calls to criminalize the purchase of sex

OTTAWA — A Manitoba Conservative MP is petitioning her government to go after those who buy sex rather than those who sell it. Kildonan-St. Paul MP Joy Smith tabled a petition Tuesday in the House of Commons with more than … [Read More]

RCMP travel to Texas to investigate child trafficking in child-bride probe

RCMP officers from British Columbia are heading to Texas next month to dig deeper into allegations of child trafficking. The investigation was launched after U.S. police found documents that described how leaders of a breakaway Mormon sect shuttled children over … [Read More]

A better plan to stop migrant smuggling

Originally posted by National Post, November 14, 2011. Migrant smuggling, which is distinct from human trafficking, is a dangerous, sometimes deadly, criminal activity that cannot be rationalized, justified or excused. Failing to respond effectively to migrant smuggling and to deter it … [Read More]

Vancouver man charged with human trafficking of girls as young as 14

Originally Posted on The Globe and Mail, Friday, October 28, 2011. A 27-year-old Vancouver man is facing multiple charges of trafficking in underage teenagers he allegedly forced into the sex trade. Sgt. Richard Akin of the Vancouver Police Department’s vice unit … [Read More]