Facts about Human Trafficking from Invisible Chains
- Human trafficking is modern-day slavery, involving the sexual exploitation and forced labour of vulnerable people by criminals around the world
- Human trafficking is happening across Canada and its victims include men, women and children who are Canadians and newcomers alike
- Traffickers in Canada make almost $280,000 per victim each year
- Facebook is a recruiting ground for sex traffickers luring teenage girls
- Craigslist has been used to sell victims as young as fourteen
- Human trafficking only became a Criminal Code offence in 2005
- Traffickers have “playbooks” to teach each other tactics to exploit victims
- Most provinces, notably Ontario, have no system in place to help victims
- Canada has no national action plan to combat human trafficking
