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The Salvation Army Combats Human Trafficking
“Human Trafficking is one of the most dehumanizing and victimizing acts perpetrated on the most vulnerable of our societies,” says Dianna Bussey, director of The Salvation Army Canada and Bermuda Anti-Human Trafficking Network.
The Salvation Army fights slavery in the form of human trafficking
December 2 was the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. Human trafficking is a form of slavery and is among the fastest growing forms of transnational crime. The United Nations estimates that the total global market value for trafficking … Read more
MP takes aim at pedophiles with bill
October 29, 2007 – Conservative MP Joy Smith will introduce a private members bill that targets human trafficking, the lucrative organized-crime racket that typically lures boys, girls and women from small towns and turns them into sex slaves. “Everyone thinks … Read more
The Salvation Army to hold Human Trafficking Awareness Conference
Monday April 16, 2006–The Salvation Army will be hosting a Human Trafficking Awareness Conference from Monday April 16 to Wednesday April 18, 2007. Delegates from across Canada will be in attendance and the three-day conference, held north of Toronto will … Read more
The SalvationArmy.ca Podcast #045 – International Women’s Day
Despite making progress in many ways, the burdens of war, disease, human trafficking and hunger still fall disproportionately on women. To mark International Women’s Day on March 8, Colonel Eleanor Shepherd, head of The Salvation Army’s women’s ministries in Canada … Read more
MPs tackle trade in humans
Ottawa, ON – MPs of all stripes are calling on the federal government to adopt a comprehensive strategy to combat a growing and hidden problem in Canada – human trafficking. In a Commons vote last night, politicians adopted a motion … Read more
The SalvationArmy.ca Podcast #038 – Human Trafficking
The Salvation Army has a coordinated international repsonse to the scourge of human trafficking, whose numbers now exceed the West African slave trade of the 17th and 18th centuries. Dianna Bussey in Winnipeg is Canada’s representative to the Army’s global … Read more
The Salvation Army presents before The Standing Committee on the Status of Women
Ottawa, ON – The Salvation Army testified before the Standing Committee on the Status of Women on the topic of human trafficking. Captain Danielle Strickland informed the members of the committee that her work in the east side of Vancouver … Read more
Booming town expected to have booming ‘dark’ side
Prince Rupert, BC – A woman is kidnapped off the street and lost to the brothels of Southeast Asia. A young girl is lured by the promise of ‘the good life’ from a small town to turn tricks in a … Read more