Oct. 23: Edmonton Fundraiser

Fundraising Dinner for Maple Leaf Alberta Projects

Preventing Human Trafficking in the Ukraine

Saturday, October 23, 2010
5 PM (doors open)
6 PM (Ukrainian buffet)
7 PM (Program and Presentation by Prof. Benjamin Perrin, Author of Invisible Chains)

Ukrainian Youth Unity Centre
9615 – 153 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta

Attend this evening fundraising dinner in Edmonton to help address the tragedy of human trafficking in the Ukraine, a source country for human trafficking victims, including those exploited in Canada. Ticket price is $50 per person.

For tickets, please contact:
Kathy: (780) 466-5297 or Johanna: (780) 469-4277
Email: mapleleafap@gmail.com
Web: mapleleafap.wordpress.com

Download the event poster (PDF format).

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Edmonton cops overwhelmed by victims of human trafficking

When city cops rescued three immigrant women from forced prostitution in a west-end massage parlour in September 2009, they didn’t realize what they were getting into.

The three women — one from China and two from Fiji — had been completely controlled by their captors. They were told when to eat, when to sleep, what to wear, how to think.

It was the first time in Western Canada that police laid human trafficking charges. [Read More]