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Topic: Human Trafficing - Modern Day Slavery
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Sans Tache
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posted 08 December 2006 11:31 AM
I first read this article, RCMP raid Vancouver-area massage parlours suspected in prostitution probe, then went to this web page, B.C. police raid businesses across Lower Mainland on CBC.ca and decide to do a little research and found this web page on, Human Trafficking. quote: From CBC.ca: Police executed 18 search warrants and there are reports that as many of 50 people were arrested across the various jurisdictions.The raids come on the same day that Conservative MP Joy Smith introduced a motion aimed at developing a plan to combat human trafficking. The RCMP estimate that as many as 1,200 people in Canada, mostly women, are victims of human trafficking every year.
quote: From Human Trafficking:Trafficking in persons is modern-day slavery, involving victims who are forced, defrauded or coerced into labor or sexual exploitation. Annually, about 600,000 to 800,000 people -- mostly women and children -- are trafficked across national borders which does not count millions trafficked within their own countries.
I can't believe my eyes. This problem is huge. In Canada, the USA and across the world. How do we stop it?
From: Toronto | Registered: Aug 2006
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Aristotleded24
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posted 08 December 2006 11:46 AM
How do we stop it?1) Ensure every major port of entry is staffed by port police, who have the same authority as sworn police officers, open up all border crossings 24-7, and make sure that no containers, especially ships or anything else that can be used to smuggle people in enters this country without being inspected. 2) If necessary, introduce legislation in this area, and ensure tough sentences for anyone convicted of human smuggling. 3) Hiring more staff abroad in our foreign embassies and sending them into refugee camps. This gives those who wish to come to Canada legal avenues through which to apply, and reduces the desparation that would drive people to the point where they risk their lives to enter Canada. 4) Rising our level of foreign aid to the 0.7% target we promised to earlier, ensuring that the aid money goes to local development projects that will help communities handle their own challenges, and lobby for the other G-8 nations to do likewise. That won't solve the problem, but it would help.
From: Winnipeg | Registered: May 2005
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B.L. Zeebub LLD
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posted 08 December 2006 01:33 PM
quote: Originally posted by Aristotleded24: How do we stop it?1) Ensure every major port of entry is staffed by port police, who have the same authority as sworn police officers, open up all border crossings 24-7, and make sure that no containers, especially ships or anything else that can be used to smuggle people in enters this country without being inspected.
Do you realise how many people that would require? Even fleeting attempts to beef up port security south of the border haven't really realised a drop in human, drug, or contraband trafficking. The manpower needs are huge, and because of this the job has been farmed out to private security providers who mostly employ low-wage-per-hour students, young adults, etc. In short, these aren't professionals, because the cost of training professionals in those numbers is prohibitive.
From: A Devil of an Advocate | Registered: Sep 2004
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