The Trafficked: Sexual exploitation is costing Canadian women their lives - The Globe and Mail
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http://static.theglobeandmail.ca/822/news/national/article28700696.ece/ALTERNATES/w620/Combo-web.jpg Human trafficking is not a new problem in Canada, but its classification as a crime is: The legislation was introduced in 2005. As of last August, the RCMP says, charges under the act have led to just 34 convictions specifically for human trafficking (another 56 were for related crimes).
Of the 531 victims in these cases, about 30 per cent were under 18 at the time of the alleged offence.
Unlike the United States, Canada has neither a broad national co-ordinating body on the issue, nor any detailed annual report on trafficking. There is no central data-collection mechanism, and the information that is gathered rarely includes the victim’s ethnicity – partly for the sake of privacy. But the RCMP is well aware of the problem: Domestic trafficking for sexual exploitation “exists and is widespread,” notes a 2013 study by the force that makes special mention of the higher proportion of indigenous women.