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An online training on human trafficking is now available for Gaming Compliance Specialists working within the Casino and Gaming sector. This new tool will enable compliance officers to recognize ways that human trafficking intersects with the industry and empower them to take actions to make their workplaces less hospitable to trafficking activity. Toronto, Canada (PRWEB)…
The Provincial Human Trafficking Intelligence-led Joint Forces Strategy (IJFS) members from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Toronto Police Service (TPS), Greater Sudbury Police Service (GSPS) and Treaty Three Police Service (T3PS) shared human trafficking statistics to show the cooperative work of the strategy and the complexity of human trafficking investigations. Since the IJFS was created…
Videos circulating on TikTok might make you think the kidnappers are lurking behind every corner. A new trend on the popular social-media platform has young people warning about human trafficking and how to avoid becoming a victim. Some of the videos describe down-to-earth scenarios women face when out and about. For example, one TikTokker describes…
York Regional Police say 64 Mexican-born nationals have been rescued from an international labour trafficking ring that was operating in Ontario and several people have been charged. Deputy police chief Alvaro Almeida told reporters on Friday that the information learned through Project Norte was “just as disturbing as it is compelling.” “Sixty-four of them were…
The executive director of victim services in one of Canada’s human trafficking hotspots says she’s seeing an increase in people from Newfoundland and Labrador in her caseload. Krista MacNeil is the executive director of Victim Services of Durham Region, encompassing the Greater Toronto Area towns of Ajax, Oshawa, Whitby and several smaller communities. As a Mi’kmaw woman born and raised in Stephenville, N.L., MacNeil said…
WARNING: This article contains graphic content and may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. Sierra, 34, is determined to speak out about how she survived what she calls a hellish ordeal. Raised by a mother who moved frequently between the United States and Akwesasne — a Mohawk community bordering Cornwall, Ont. — Sierra said she had…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM6WqlF25BY Home/News Releases/Talk About It: February 22 Is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Victoria, BC – February 22 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day and VicPD is asking Victoria and Esquimalt residents to talk about it. Police-reported incidents of human trafficking have been steadily increasing over the past 10 years. In…
On Human Trafficking Awareness Day OPP shared human trafficking statistics that show in the last 15 months 28 people have been charged in Ontario. The victims ranged from 12 to 47 years old, while the accused ranged from 18 to 44 years old. “In Ontario, sex trafficking is the most reported type of human trafficking,” said Merrilee…
A joint initiative by several police units across Ontario to crack down on human trafficking resulted in more than 60 victims being rescued in the past 14 months. The Ontario Provincial Police and 20 regional, municipal and Indigenous police services are members of the Human Trafficking Intelligence-led Joint Forces Strategy (IJFS), launched and funded by…
Ontario has assisted 61 victims of human trafficking and laid 239 charges against 28 people since the Provincial Human Trafficking Intelligence-led Joint Forces Strategy (IJFS) was formed in Dec. 2021. The statistics were released on national Human Trafficking Awareness Day on Wednesday by the IFJS which sees 21 police services from around the province, including…
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