Human trafficking, the purchasing, selling and trading of humans, is considered modern-day slavery and is a felony in many countries. In Canada, human traffickers can be sentenced all the way up to life-long sentences. Yet, around the world, US$250 billion are estimated to be earned out of the labour, sex, and organ trafficking market. As of 2020, Statistics Canada reported […]
The rise of the Internet and digital platforms allow many around the world to perform activities with ease and flexibility, bridging the gaps of distance and income. However, with this, human traffickers have also gained advantages by exploiting digital systems, expanding their reach to many more. As traditional barriers of physical and geological limitations are removed and the tools offered […]
By: Daphne Trigger Warning: The following content includes topics that may be triggering. Reader discretion is advised. “This case is not about a celebrity who likes to party a lot. This case is about a predator,” Maria Cruz Melendez, assistant US attorney, told the jury during the first day of the R. Kelly federal trial in New York. Elizabeth Geddes, […]