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Sans Tache
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posted 08 December 2006 11:31 AM      Profile for Sans Tache        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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.

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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.


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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?


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HeywoodFloyd
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posted 08 December 2006 11:38 AM      Profile for HeywoodFloyd     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Calgary had a bust for exactly the same thing last year. How do we stop it?

I don't think we can.


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Aristotleded24
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posted 08 December 2006 11:46 AM      Profile for Aristotleded24   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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.


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B.L. Zeebub LLD
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posted 08 December 2006 01:33 PM      Profile for B.L. Zeebub LLD     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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.


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Lard Tunderin' Jeezus
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posted 08 December 2006 01:52 PM      Profile for Lard Tunderin' Jeezus   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I'd have to agree with Heywood - I don't think we can stop it.

And if we did, we'd likely put a stop to all illegal entry - including the sad and desperate people who come as refugees.

Better to concentrate our efforts on catching and punishing the enslavers, rather than the enslaved.


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