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Police announce bust of massive international labour trafficking ring in GTA – The Toronto Star
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Police announce bust of massive international labour trafficking ring in GTA – The Toronto Star

Canadian authorities say they have dissolved an international labour trafficking ring and rescued 64 Mexican workers from “deplorable living and working conditions” across Greater Toronto. The men and women, between their 20s and 40s, were transported in yellow school buses to work in farms, factories and warehouses across the region while being housed in cramped…

Canada police rescue Mexicans from alleged trafficking ring – ABC News
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Canada police rescue Mexicans from alleged trafficking ring – ABC News

TORONTO — More than 60 Mexican nationals lured to Canada with the promise of good jobs were made to live and work in “deplorable” conditions and feared deportation if they spoke out, Canadian police said Friday as they announced arrests in an international labor trafficking ring. York Region police said 64 people were rescued last…

‘Deplorable living conditions’: 64 Mexicans rescued from Ontario human trafficking ring
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‘Deplorable living conditions’: 64 Mexicans rescued from Ontario human trafficking ring

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…

Mississauga, Brampton cops get new ‘first-of-its-kind’ training to fight human trafficking
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Mississauga, Brampton cops get new ‘first-of-its-kind’ training to fight human trafficking

By Declan Finucane Published January 9, 2023 at 4:11 pm Front-line police officers in Mississauga and Brampton are getting new, “first-of-its-kind” training to better fight the growing crime of human trafficking in the region. Peel Regional Police are set to release details of the “innovative” and “highly specialized” anti-human trafficking training for front-line cops and…