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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…
In a move applauded by migrant workers’ rights advocates in Canada, unscrupulous employers who withhold workers’ passports could face steep fines and even jail time under the new Working for Workers Act – legislation aimed at protecting migrant workers who may be vulnerable to human trafficking and exploitative work relationships. Fines and jail time for…
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…
The Regionalized Human Trafficking Recovery Taskforce has launched in Connecticut. The taskforce includes local and federal law enforcement, the Hartford State’s Attorney’s Office, the Department of Children and Families, and the Connecticut Children’s Alliance. The taskforce was created with a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime. Krystal Rich,…
In 2014, officials say Connecticut’s 17 teams of police and service providers dealing with child abuse across the state investigated or provided services for nine cases of child trafficking. By 2022, the number rose to 92, according to Krystal Rich, executive director of the Connecticut Children’s Alliance. “That number isn’t even scratching the surface,” Rich…
The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice announced a human trafficking task force in partnership with the Connecticut Children’s Alliance and law enforcement agencies on Wednesday morning in Rocky Hill. The federally funded task force is aimed at ending human trafficking in the Greater Hartford region and providing support for victims, according to Hartford State’s Attorney…
A local display to raise awareness of human trafficking took place in Windsor and around the world on Saturday. The Fifth Annual Walk for Freedom had participants walk silently, in a single file along the riverfront this beginning at Dieppe Gardens. Members wore ‘abolish slavery with each step’ T-shirts to raise awareness of and fight…
The Human Anti-Trafficking Response Team, a pilot task force launched this summer in Hartford, is designed to directly help those who have been victims of sex trafficking in Hartford, West Hartford, East Hartford, Bloomfield, Glastonbury, Windsor, South Windsor and Manchester, with a goal of creating a statewide model. As the task force develops its plan…
Banished,’ which streams Oct. 5, will focus on the “tumultuous and complex” life of Queen Elizabeth II’s second son.
Press Releases 09/23/2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Hartford, CT) – The Division of Criminal Justice’s Regionalized Human Trafficking Recovery Taskforce of the Greater Hartford Region is hosting a screening of a new documentary about the rapid rise of “sextortion” crimes across the United States. A special screening of “Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic” will be held at 6 p.m….
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