Trafficking has no borders. Women, children and men are trafficked within Canada. Approx 800-1200 a year. But those numbers could be drastically higher due to the clandestine nature of this activity. Most Canadian nationals are trafficked within Canada.
Canada is also believed to be a transit, and destination country in the international trafficking of persons. Foreign national victims are believed to come from Southeast Asia, parts of Africa and Eastern Europe, and are usually destined for major centres like Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver. Victims may enter Canada through both legal and illegal means, using genuine or falsified documents. Once in Canada, intelligence shows that trafficked victims are predominantly forced to work in the sex trade.
There is a correlation between organized crime and trafficking. Traffickers are able to move multiple victims across provincial borders.
Humans are the second most trafficked "product" in the black market [internationally], surpassed only by drugs.
2200 men, women, and children, are trafficked into America from Canada every year. Canada is considered a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of prostitution and forced labour.
In Canada a girl can be sold for $15,000 and earn her owner over $40,000 a year.
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