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Posted: Feb 23, 2021 5:17 PM AT | Last Updated: February 23
A new report by the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking details how human traffickers use transportation corridors on a regular basis to exploit victims, who are often young women and girls. (Robert Short/CBC)
For the first time, advocates have a better understanding of how human traffickers use transportation routes across the country, including between Halifax and Moncton, N.B., to evade police and confuse and isolate their victims.
A national study released Monday by the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking details how trafficking corridors between cities are being used to exploit young women and girls. Many are forced to work as escorts or in strip clubs.
Government funding alone not enough to end human trafficking, say N.S. advocates
A recent burst of federal funding intended to prevent human trafficking and support survivors needs to be bolstered by real policy change to be truly impactful, say advocates in Nova Scotia.
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Posted: Jan 08, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: January 8
Charlene Gagnon of the YWCA Halifax works with survivors of sex trafficking.(Robert Guertin)
A recent burst of federal funding intended to prevent human trafficking and support survivors needs to be bolstered by real policy change to be truly impactful, say advocates in Nova Scotia.