Oct. 13: Montreal

Benjamin in MontrealMontreal’s Underground World of Human Trafficking

The Montreal event of the National Public Awareness Campaign to End Modern-Day Slavery in Canada and book launch of Invisible Chains with author Benjamin Perrin took place on Wednesday, October 13, 2010.

Participants were able to meet local organizations working to fight human trafficking and learn about what they could do to fight human trafficking in Canada.

Read about how Benjamin Perrin highlighted education as a key to protecting vulnerable youth from human trafficking.

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