Canada’s Human Trafficking Crisis Is on Our Highways

Billboards every 500 metres warn of a crisis hiding in plain sight.
Canada’s human trafficking problem is hitting small towns and major cities.

In this episode, we break down:
• Why the Trans-Canada Highway is being described as a human trafficking route
• The shocking human trafficking statistics affecting women, youth, and Indigenous communities in Canada
• How social media, grooming, and abusive relationships can pull vulnerable teens into exploitation
• Why police, RCMP, courts, Crown attorneys, and social services need more resources
• How public awareness, warning signs, hand signals, and the Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline can help save lives
• Why stronger sentencing and prevention efforts are being called for across Canada

Hosts: Jim Lang, Mike Wixson

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:28 Human trafficking statistics in Canada
02:05 Missing women signs across Northern Ontario and Western Canada
03:46 Why police need more resources to fight trafficking
05:33 How vulnerable teens are recruited and exploited
06:55 Trans-Canada Highway warning signs and trafficking routes
08:09 Public safety signals and community awareness
09:19 RCMP presence, highway policing, and rural enforcement
12:15 Traffic stops, breathalyzers, and identifying potential victims
13:18 Indigenous women, exploitation, and reconciliation
14:20 Funding police, courts, and social services
15:00 Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline
16:05 Social media, technology, and the modern trafficking crisis
17:04 Sentencing, deterrence, and justice for victims

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