ACT Calgary is hosting a few events recognition of National Victims of Crime Awareness Week. Here are the details: Labour Exploitation and Human Trafficking Date: Wednesday, April 25 Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Place: Memorial Park Library 1221 2nd Street SW Calgary The crime of human trafficking has been called ‘Modern Day Slavery’ however, does this title reflect what is happening in Canada? Th...
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If you following human trafficking news in Canada by now you've heard that the largest case of human trafficking to go before the courts has concluded with the primary perpetrator receiving nine years. Given time already served he will only serve an additional 4 1/2 years in prison. The question posed to many, is whether 9 years is enough? We're tracking down the court's decision to add further ...
Word is trickling through the newswire that Bill C-310 , championed by Conservative MP Joy Smith, has hit a last minute delay. Smith expected the bill to be adopted unanimously by the House of Commons at Third Reading and sent immediately to the Senate. It appears the NDP, despite past support, have prevented debate and delayed the Bill from passing until the end of May. Private Members Bills ar...
The Action Coalition on Human Trafficking (ACT Alberta), along with the Centre for Criminology and Justice Research at Mount Royal University, combined to release the first report of its kind in Canada on human trafficking in a metropolitan area. The research report entitled, “Human Trafficking in Calgary: Informing a Localized Response” was an attempt to begin quantifying the prevalence of hu...
Human trafficking is often associated with sex slaves in foreign brothels, but groundbreaking new research reveals the extent of trafficking in our own city — and what can be done about it. On March 23, the Action Coalition on Human Trafficking (ACT) and Centre for Criminology and Justice Research at Mount Royal University will release Human Trafficking in Calgary: Informing a Localized Respon...
In the seeming never ending escapade of laying human trafficking charges only to see them dropped before trial, Calgary's first human trafficking charges laid at the end of 2009 were dropped yesterday as the accused plead guilty to lesser offences. It was December 2009 when Calgary Police busted an operation involved in sex trafficking Chinese women. A fake hair salon fronted for various resident...
Over the past year the skyline of Canadian immigration reform has been cloudy, heavy, and grey. With the pending changes human rights advocates have been gazing wearily at the horizon and bracing themselves for what is to come. On February 16, 2012 advocates began to get their first taste of the storm brewing ahead with Bill C-31 tabled in the House of Commons. The Bill triumphantly announced the...
This day next year Canadians may have another awareness day devoted to human trafficking if MP Joy Smith successfully has her Motion passed thru The House (which seems inevitable) Smith would like the Government of Canada to establish February 22 as Canada’s National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.
After spending more than 13 months in pretrial custody, Lajos Domotor has admitted to being part of a human trafficking ring that lured Hungarians into forced labour situations in Hamilton. The main reason for Domotor's plea bargin? He's dying of stomach cancer and according to his lawyer. The member of a Hungarian organized crime gang pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit human trafficking, bein...
Bill C-310, the Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking), passed 2nd Reading and was unanimously referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. The Bill is expected to be reviewed by the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights in February 2012 before returning to the House of Commons for 3rd Reading. Additional details on Bill C-310 can be found here: http://www.parl.g...
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