Human trafficking

Calls to the Canadian Human Trafficking hotline have nearly doubled from 2,600 in 2020 to 5,100 in 2024, according to new research released by the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking (CCEHT).

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The Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking (CCEHT) is upping the ante in urging people to shed the false perceptions they may have about this criminal scourge.

The UNODC 2024 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons shows the number of victims identified in 2022 and beyond is 25-per-cent higher than pre-pandemic levels.

The number of human trafficking cases reported to law enforcement in 2023 declined to 570 from 597 the year before, and the incidence rate per 100,000 people slid down from 1.5 to 1.4.

The Mary Ward Centre and the Toronto Counter Human Trafficking Network (TCHTN) are urging the federal government to renew and refine its National Strategy To Combat Human Trafficking after the five-year whole-of-government mandate concluded in May.

To combat modern slavery, the fastest growing and second most profitable criminal enterprise in the world behind the illegal drug trade, anti-trafficking organizations are urgently calling for collaboration.