Canada to help develop human trafficking manual for police

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Most of the victims of human trafficking are women and children. A manual that will be used in 192 countries, is being developed to teach police how to identify and interview victims.

"RCMP Cpl. Norm Massie, who was recently in Vienna to work on the project, said Canada has won praise for its protection of victims of human trafficking, an approach that includes consultation with communities working with victims."

However, not everyone knows about the development of this police manual:

"Michelle Miller, executive director of Resist Exploitation, Embrace Dignity, a group that works with human trafficking victims in Vancouver, said she was unaware of the police manual under development.

"It disturbs me that I'm an NGO, on the ground, that works with women, and know nothing about this manual that's he's developing."

Groups who work with human trafficking victims, she said, would make sure that victims' rights were explained in the teaching tool."

It would be a good idea for the U. N. to get some recommendations from the people on the front lines, especially since many of the victims are prostitutes.

The final arguments are being heard today in the first Canadian human trafficking charges laid three years ago.