Fighting human trafficking requires a hard look at abuse in our own backyard

Predators seek out those who are deemed vulnerable or marginalized in everyday places. Places your teenage daughter or son hang out. Places where you grab lunch. Places you walk by every day—hotels, motels, municipally licensed and unlicensed massage parlours and 'spas.'

The crime of human trafficking does not require any movement whatsoever. Victims can be recruited and trafficked in their own cities or towns, even their own homes.Photograph by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash

Opinion

BY Barbara Gosse

July 26, 2019

Canada is considered one of the safest and most secure countries in the world. On July 30, the global community marks the UN’s World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, and one might think our nation would be held up as shining example for human rights. However, thi...

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