On February 18 The Salvation Army in Winnipeg participated in S.N.O.W. night, a Safe Night Off Winnipeg Streets for women and transgendered sex-trade workers.

The event is organized and coordinated by a number of agencies who work with those involved in the sex trade, one of which is The Salvation Army. The Army provided the space, coordinated donations and ensured safety of all those who, for a night, escaped violence, harm, hunger, homelessness and prostitution.

The Salvation Army’s human trafficking campaign, The Truth Isn’t Sexy, is prominently featured in an episode on Lorna Dueck’s Listen Up TV. Interviews with UCB professor Ben Perrin, Michelle Miller (REED), MP Joy Smith and Major Brian Venables provide context to trafficking issues within Canada. Click here to view. The episode will air on TV this Sunday, December 6. For station and airtime information go to http://www.listenuptv.com/listenup/airtimes

Modern-day slavery exists. Just ask Tasha. Tasha used to live in northern British Columbia. As a teenager, she realized that her older brother was a drug runner with an addiction. Read the full story

Police and immigration officials are in Calgary for a seminar on human trafficking, just days after Edmonton police laid what are believed to be the first such charges in Alberta.

On a tip, police, RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency last week removed three women, aged 21 to 41, from an Edmonton massage parlour and charged two women and a man with human trafficking and other offences.

The women came to Canada legally — one from Beijing and two from Fiji — after answering an ad in a newspaper that promised jobs in the massage industry. Once they arrived, their identification papers were taken from them, police said of the Edmonton case. Read full story…

Source: CBC

When 21-year-old Timea Nagy arrived in Toronto to earn a living as a waitress, her passport was taken, she was kidnapped, controlled, and forced to work in the sex-trade industry. Now, 10 years later, she shares her harrowing ordeal in an attempt to save trafficked victims through education and awareness. Read the full story

As Christians prepare to welcome the athletes and spectators who will be coming to Vancouver and Whistler from across the globe to attend the 2010 Winter Olympics next February, there is one group of potential visitors that they will be working just as hard to keep out: those who sell children and women for sex. Read the full story

Moira Brown, co-host of 100 Huntley Street, interviews Major Winn Blackman of The Salvation Army to discuss the issue of human trafficking Read the full story

BC - AS Christians prepare to welcome the athletes and spectators who will be coming to Vancouver and Whistler from across the globe to attend the 2010 Winter Olympics next February, there is one group of potential visitors that they will be working just as hard to keep out: those who sell children and women for sex. Read full story…

Source: Canadianchristianity.com

When Faustina’s husband went to the U.S to find employment, she was left penniless with three young children and was pregnant with their fourth child. She chose to generate income, with her young children by her side, selling candies in the streets of Tijuana, Mexico. Read the full story

When Shona, 17, met Rick, she felt her dreams of finding love came true. Rick was handsome, caring and she could tell him everything. Read the full story