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Cartel-backed pot grows linked to human trafficking, inhumane working conditions
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Cartel-backed pot grows linked to human trafficking, inhumane working conditions

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Editor’s note: I just returned from northern California (6/2023), speaking with experts with ties into the situation with legal growers. Human trafficking is happening in legal and illegal cannabis farms.  TRINITY COUNTY, Calif. — If you buy weed illegally, you unwittingly could be supporting Mexican cartels and other criminal syndicates that lure workers to farms…

Human trafficking in Prince Edward Island
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Human trafficking in Prince Edward Island

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Human trafficking continues to be an issue across Canada and in Prince Edward Island. It involves recruiting, transporting, or controlling a person. Victims are often trafficked for sexual exploitation or forced labour. Traffickers may use violence, intimidation or deception to control their victims. The Prince Edward Island Major Crimes Unit: conducts enforcement activities related to…

Brockton Woman Sentenced for Role in Conspiracy to Operate a Prostitution Business
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Brockton Woman Sentenced for Role in Conspiracy to Operate a Prostitution Business

ByEyes on Trafficking News

BOSTON – A Brockton woman was sentenced on Sept. 15, 2022 in federal court in Boston for her involvement in a conspiracy that involved coercing young women to engage in prostitution. Natashia Bowman, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Alison D. Burroughs to three years of probation and was ordered to pay restitution…