Human trafficking News

Calgary - Three Montreal men face numerous charges after a sting operation uncovered allegations of a 17-year-old girl and a 19-year-old woman selling sex through online ads.

Ottawa - A former Canadian class valedictorian and two of her teen girlfriends have pleaded not guilty to forcing girls as young as 13 into prostitution after pretending to be their friends.

London - Agents with the UK Border Agency (UKBA) have raided 35 locations in England and Scotland in an effort to put a halt to a major people-smuggling network. Forty additional raids are being carried out in Belgium and France.

Media reports are focusing attention on a statement credited to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot in 2011 about the Super Bowl. As his state prepared to host the event, he said the Super Bowl is "the single largest human trafficking incident in the US."

Rapper Talib Kweli will be lending his voice to an interactive anti-human trafficking campaign launched by MTV's college network, mtvU.

The average age of girls being trafficked in Canada is 13. “Choice” is a word that is often misused; the right word should be “prostituted”, since nobody chooses to enter the sex trade at the age of 13.

Nashville - A Federal judge has ruled a Tennessee law aimed at preventing child sex trafficking violates the First Amendment, issuing a restraining order which prevents the state from enforcing the new law.

Cairo - Egyptian police officials have announced the arrest of five individuals who were involved in a baby selling operation at a Cairo hospital.

Hamilton - A walk across Ontario is being organized to raise awareness on sexual trafficking. A Facebook Group has also been set up.

Paying for sex may soon become illegal in Northern Ireland if proposed law changes are introduced. Human trafficking and sexual exploitation are just a few of the reasons prostitution crackdown measures will soon be in draft legislation.