Telltale transactions help financial intelligence centre combat sex trafficking
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Hands type on a computer keyboard in Los Angeles on Feb. 27, 2013. Transactional clues — from hotel bills paid in cash to purchases of escort-service ads — are helping Canada's financial intelligence agency detect human trafficking in the sex trade.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Damian Dovarganes
OTTAWA – Transactional clues – from hotel bills paid in cash to purchases of escort-service ads – are helping Canada’s financial intelligence agency detect human trafficking in the sex trade.
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada is now learning from its sleuthing efforts in recent years to make pinpointing traffickers a little easier.