Human Trafficking Not Just A Distant Problem

“ .. Canada is a source, transit and destination country for men, women and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labour," says the report .. I was in Karnataka state in the south, identified as one of five "high supply zones" for predators seeking women and children .. In India, up until a few years ago the government refused to acknowledge child prostitution existed. Without official recognition, there were no laws or means to protect child prostitutes .. No doubt exploitation is more pronounced in economically troubled countries such as India, where there is extreme poverty, remnants of the caste system and a lack of political and social will to effect change .. "

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