Over the past six years, 267 victims of human trafficking have sought support through the Hope Found Project in Ottawa, a group that helps those who’ve been or who are being trafficked.
Only two of those survivors were from outside Canada.
Human and sex trafficking is a growing domestic concern according to advocates who work with survivors, and in Ontario, the 401 corridor between Windsor and the Quebec border is a common route for traffickers to transport young girls between communities, forced to sell sex.
Truckers, hotel managers and school boards are all being called upon to help fight the problem.
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