Human trafficking according to Public Safety Canada is "the recruitment, transportation, harbouring and/or exercising control, direction or influence over the movements of a person in order to exploit that person, typically through sexual exploitation or forced labour" (2019). It's commonly thought that the buying and selling of people is something of the past. It is also perceived that it is happening in other countries, in other places – not in our own backyard. But in fact, there are more people trafficked today than any time in human history.
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The International Labour Organization and Walk Free Foundation indicate that there may be up to 40.3 million people trafficked globally, 70% of whom are women and children (2017). Both developing and developed countries are impacted by human trafficking: this is a global issue. "95% of trafficking cases in Canada between 2012 and 2016 were domestic cases of sexual exploitation (Public Safety Canada).
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