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A delegation of anti-human trafficking organizations is calling on the federal government to increase the action it is taking to counter human-trafficking crimes across Canada, particularly in the country’s rural areas. “It continues to be a real problem in Canada,” said Margaret Byl, president of the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada, during a press conference…
The co-founder of Stagecoach bus company, who faces human trafficking charges, is believed to be Scotland’s richest women and was made a dame for services to business and charity. Business mogul Dame Ann Gloag, 80, is one of four people facing allegations of trafficking and immigration offences, Police Scotland said. Her representatives said she firmly…
Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The daughter of a former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Sonia, has pleaded not guilty to the organ harvesting charges levelled against her in the United Kingdom. She also denied trafficking a young man, David Nwamini, into the United Kingdom to harvest his kidney. Sonia, 25, is charged alongside her…
Earlier this week, the Prime Minister made a statement in the House of Commons on immigration. It looked at many issues including a plan to clear the backlog of asylum seekers by the end of 2023, the setting up of a specialist team to handle claims from Albanians, a new unit to monitor small boats…
A frenetic Dec. 14 on Parliament Hill before the Christmas adjournment saw the unanimous passage of Bill S-223 in the House of Commons, which now makes it illegal for Canadians to partake in or profit from organ trafficking at home or abroad. This bill, which received royal assent on Dec. 15, was the product of…
Tory backbench MPs have urged the government to get on top of spiralling illegal immigration and open up safe legal routes to deter people from handing over cash to human traffickers. Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s plan to break smuggling networks operating in northern France and stop the constant stream of small boats travelling across the…
MPs passed legislation Wednesday that would block foreigners from entering Canada if they were involved in organ trafficking – an accusation levelled at China by United Nations experts in 2021 – and adopted a motion urging Beijing to grant Tibet more autonomy. The measures, taken as the House of Commons wrapped up its last sitting…
Hope for Justice is a charity working to bring an end to modern slavery and human trafficking, and to protect the human rights of victims and survivors. They are active in the United Kingdom, United States, Cambodia, Norway, Australia, Ethiopia and Uganda. Their multi-disciplinary model is based on four pillars: preventing exploitation; rescuing victims; restoring lives;…
This article is reprinted from its original location at Hope for Justice‘s website. It was pulled from their RSS feed for your education. Visit Hope for Justice’s news page by clicking here. Hope for Justice’s Executive Director of Programmes, Enrique Restoy, had the privilege of meeting Sir Mo Farah, a multiple Olympic, World and European…
Getty Images OTTAWA — Canada’s national police force, which was heavily criticized for using Clearview AI software, has signed contracts to use multiple facial recognition tools. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) revealed these details in documents recently tabled in Parliament, though it says it has stopped using facial recognition technology pending an internal review…
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