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We all have a role to play in prevention of human trafficking, says Joy Smith – Winnipeg Sun
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We all have a role to play in prevention of human trafficking, says Joy Smith – Winnipeg Sun

After more than a quarter-century of battling human trafficking in Canada, Joy Smith has seen and heard it all. She’s seen and heard enough. At the national launch of an awareness and education campaign two years in the making at Winnipeg Police Service headquarters on Wednesday, which is Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Smith implored people…

Campaign against trafficking of children, youth launches in Winnipeg
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Campaign against trafficking of children, youth launches in Winnipeg

Winnipeg police, Manitoba RCMP and the Joy Smith Foundation are urging Manitobans to look for — and report — signs of human trafficking. In recognition of National Human Trafficking Awareness Day on Wednesday, police, alongside their counterparts across the country, have launched an awareness campaign with the goal of helping keep youth from being lured into…

‘You could save a child. It could be your own’: Campaign aims to save youth from sex trade
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‘You could save a child. It could be your own’: Campaign aims to save youth from sex trade

Sex trafficking is a growing crisis in cities and towns across the country, and a new national awareness campaign, headed up by a former Manitoba politician, aims to prevent youth from being lured into it. Launched Wednesday to coincide with National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, the campaign by the Joy Smith Foundation is called “See the Trafficking…