Media

HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THE MEDIA

2014 

2014 DEC 10 | Huffington Post: Toronto Councillors Should Not Protect Pimps and Johns

2014 DEC 4 | Feminist Current: Hi the media. Do your job. Love, feminism

2014 DEC 8 | Metro: Behind the scenes of Toronto City Councillors’ opposition to prostitution law

2014 NOV 25 | The Independent: Why we still need the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

2014 NOV 5 | Hope For The Sold: Big News – Prostitution Bill C-36 Passes Senate!

2014 NOV 4 | CTV News: Senate passes controversial prostitution legislation C-36

2014 OCT 7 | News Wire: Operation Northern Spotlight – Phase 2

20124 OCT 7 | Wawa-News: OPERATION NORTHERN SPOTLIGHT – PHASE 2 – OPP Coordinate Nationwide Human Trafficking Investigation

2014 OCT 7 | InsideHalton: Halton police take part in nationwide human trafficking sting

2014 OCT 15 | Irish Examiner: It’s time for Ireland to turn off the red light

2014 OCT 17 | MotherJones.com: Finally, Nigeria’s kidnapped schoolgirls are coming home

2014 OCT 7 | Controversial prostitution bill passed

2014 OCT 7 | Operation Northern Spotlight – Phase 2

2014 SEPT 14 | Cracked: 5 Things I Learned as a Sex Slave in Modern America

2014 JUL 21 | Huffington Post: 15 Things We All Need To Know About America’s Appalling Child Sex Trade

2014 AUG 11 | Business Insider: This Is What Modern-Day Sex Slavery In America Looks Like

2014 JUNE 19 | Ottawa Citizen: Ottawa man charged with human trafficking

2014 JUN 6 | Human trafficking probe leads to 8 arrests, 44 charges

2014 SEP 29 | Ottawa Citizen: Human trafficking opponents bring message to Ottawa’s streets

2014 SEP 27 | Ottawa Sun: Inaugural Ottawa Freedom walk marches to Hill

2014 SEP 29 | Ottawa Citizen: Human trafficking opponents bring message to Ottawa’s streets

2014 SEP 27 | 580 CFRA News Talk Radio: Hundreds march for freedom of human trafficking victims

2014 SEP 27 | Ottawa Sun: Inaugural Ottawa Freedom walk marches to Hill

2014 SEP 27 | CTV News Channel: Trafficking a ‘major problem’

2014 SEP 27 | CBC News: 5th Annual Free-Them Freedom Walk Coverage (around the 7:20 minute mark)

2014 SEP 26 | Ottawa Citizen: Q&A: Anti-human trafficking rally comes to Ottawa

2014 JUL 22 | CTV News: 20 members of human trafficking ring deported from Canada

2014 JUN 3 | Kitv.com: Hawaii farms, Thai workers reach settlement

2014 JUL 8 | The Toronto Star: Peter MacKay’s utopian goal obscures prostitution reality: Tim Harper

2014 JUL 9 | Now Magazine: Green light for city safehouse, red light for sex workers

2014 JUL 9 | Sun Media: Timea Nagy explains the importance of Bill C-36

2014 JUL 8 | Sun Media: Prostitution debate continues

2014 JUL 10 | Sun Media: Progressive distraction on prostitution

2014 JUL 09 | Sun Media: Former prostitute blasts media for misunderstanding issue

2014 JUL 07 | Huffington Post: Tory MP’s Bizarre Rape Question Offends

2014 JUL 07 | CBC News: Former sex workers make their cases in prostitution bill debateJustice minister expects legal challenge to proposed law

2014 JUN 19 | CTV News: Porn bust: 5 children rescued, 343 charges laid

2014 JUN 18 | The Huffington Post: Former Human Trafficker Opens Up About His Crimes To Protect Victims During World Cup

2014 JUN 15 | Ottawa Citizen: The prostitution pipeline: Cut off from loved ones, women cycled from city to city — including Ottawa

2014 JUN 15 | Ottawa Citizen: Human-trafficking victim-turned-crusader teaches police what questions to ask

2014 JUN 9 | The National Post: Benjamin Perrin: The right way to fight prostitution

2014 JUN 7 | The Globe and Mail: Who really speaks for sex workers?

2014 MAR 13 | Setting the stage for the 2014 World Cup Anti-Sex Tourism Campaign

2014 JUN 12 | iPolitic: Former sex worker: ‘I wish Bill C-36 had been in place for me’

2014 MAY 31 | CBC The National: The Girl Model

2014 APR 17 | AM980 Radio: London’s Police Chief Promotes ‘Nordic Model’ Following Human Trafficking Pilot Project

2014 APR 15 | CBC News: Ottawa police chief wants prostitution laws to target johns

2014 JUN 9 | CTV News: Canadians wouldn’t accept legalizing activities of johns, pimps: PM

2014 JUN 7 | Mirror.co.uk: Child prostitutes forced to cash-in on fans at Brazil World Cup – selling sex for £1.30

2014 JUN 6 | Sun Media News: Tories Defend New Prostitution Laws

2014 JUN 6 | Huffington Post: Our New Prostitution Bill Protects the Dignity of Women and Youth

2014 JUN 6 | The National Post: John Ivison: Harper pitched new prostitution bill to caucus as a compromise despite staunch social conservative opposition

2014 JUN 6 | CBC News: Human trafficking probe leads to 8 arrests, 44 charges

2014 JUNE 4 | CBC News: Prostitution bill would make it illegal to buy, sell sex in public

2014 JUNE 4 | The Toronto Star: Ottawa unveils new prostitution law targeting those who buy sex

2014 JUNE 4 | 680News: Prostitution bill outlaws purchase of sex, takes aim at pimps

2014 JUNE 2 | FTS Blog: Sex Slavery Survivor Receives FTS Freedom Award

2014 JUNE 2 | FTS Video: Sex Slavery Survivor Receives FTS Freedom Award

2014 JUNE 2 | Global News: Canadians split on sex worker policy, survey says

2014 JUNE 2 | Huffington Post: The Somaly Mam Story: What We Still Know About Sex Trafficking

2014 JUNE 1 | CTV News: Most Canadians believe selling sex shouldn’t be illegal, survey reveals

2014 MAY 25 | Toronto Star: Victims of human trafficking might get housing in Toronto

2014 MAY 21 | Modern-day slavery generates billions: UN report

2014 MAY 19 | CBC News: Film company accused of foreign worker fraud, extortion

2014 MAY 18 | A show of unity: Emergency summit held on Boko Haram

2014 MAY 16 | Hollywood pedophile parties: Symptom of a rampant disease feeding on innocent children

2014 MAY 13 | Victims of sex trafficking urge lawmakers to pass Trafficking Victims Protection and Justice Act

2014 MAY 07 | Global TV: Daniel Perrett is a recent McGill graduate looking to raise awareness and funds against human trafficking

2014 MAY 06 | Asian Pacific Post: Life and death of a human smuggler

2012 SEPT 6 | Elite Daily News: French Couple Sold Daughter For Used Car, She Was Then Chained And Used As Sex Slave

2014 APR 23 | Straight.com: Open letter calls for Nordic approach to prostitution in Canada

2014 APR 23 | CBC News: Buying sex was ‘a rush’, married man opens up as a john

2014 APR 18 | Agent for freedom – Above Magazine

2014 APR 14 | CP24 News: 2 men, woman arrested in juvenile prostitution case

2014 APR 13 | CBC News: Human trafficking rare charge for Nova Scotia police 2 North Preston men charged after teen girl escapes from basement

2014 MAR 25 | The National Post: Joy Smith: Prostitution Must Not Be Legalized

2014 MAR 24 | CBC News: Ottawa police target human trafficking, a $26M industry

2014 MAR 22 | The Observer: Exposed: the exploitation of girls in UK gangs

2014 MAR 22 | The Winnipeg Free Press: Nordic sex-trade strategy gaining steam But some say it’s a mistake to model law on Sweden’s approach

2014 MAR 22 | The New York Times: He Was Supposed to Take a Photo

2014 MAR 21 | People.com: Indian Sex Worker’s Son Chosen for Manchester United Training Camp

2014 MAR 20 | The National Post: John Ivison: Flawed report could be basis for Tories’ new prostitution law

2014 MAR 12 | NBC News: Sex Industry Study: Internet Is Driving Prostitution Off Streets

2014 MAR 5 | The Guardian: This year a slave: 3 out of every 1,000 humans are still trafficked. Let’s fix that

2014 MAR 03 | CBC News: Florence Muriel Young faces more pimping charges 18 new charges involving 2 new victims

2014 FEB 28 | CNN: Chinese police save hundreds of babies from online trading racket

2014 FEB 28 | The Guardian: Hundreds of babies rescued as Chinese police smash four child-trafficking rings

2014 FEB 26 | CBC News: Child sex tourism targeted with Air Canada in-flight videos

2014 FEB 20 | MyKawartha: Human trafficking charges laid against Oakwood man tied to forced labour: OPP

2014 FEB 19 | CTV NEWS: York Regional Police arrest 10 in child prostitution, human trafficking bust

2014 FEB 19 | LFP Press: London man charged with human trafficking

2014 FEB 19 | Inside Halton: Halton police aiming to crack down on human trafficking

2014 FEB 18 | Sun News Network: The Public Weighs In On Prostitution In Canada

2014 FEB 12 | Inside Halton: Sheridan conference to shine light on human trafficking

2014 FEB | Context TV: Prostitution Ruling Supreme Court of Canada Julia Beazley 1318 (Part 1)

2014 FEB 04 | Daily Mailer Reporter: Sixteen children rescued and 45 arrested in crackdown on Super Bowl sex trafficking

2014 FEB 03 | CBC NEWS: Undercover police ‘dishonest’: Hamilton sex worker advocate says

2014 FEB 01 | CP24: Police ask for help finding missing teen girl

2014 JAN 28 | Kingston Police News: Canadian Police Focus on Young Women Coerced Into Sex Trade

2014 JAN 28 | Durham Police Regional: Canadian Police Focus on Young Women Coerced Into Sex Trade

2014 JAN 28 | The London Free Press: Chief says his department needs a separate unit to deal with human trafficking

2014 JAN 24 | SUN NEWS: Police say they’ve identified more victims of man accused of 110 child sex offences

2014 JAN 24 | CITY NEWS: Angus woman faces human trafficking offences

2014 JAN 20 | CTV NEWS: Ottawa teen ‘pimp’ sentenced to maximum penalty for Human Trafficking Law

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