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Police announce bust of massive international labour trafficking ring
by 8DonCo Fri Mar 03, 2023 11:29 pm
Police announce bust of massive international labour trafficking ring in GTA
Canadian authorities say they have dissolved an international labour trafficking ring and rescued 64 Mexican workers from “deplorable living and working conditions” across Greater Toronto.
The men and women, between their 20s and 40s, were transported in yellow school buses to work in farms, factories and warehouses across the region while being housed in cramped and infested homes in the GTA.
“These workers are coerced with promises of a better life, decent wages, quality housing, and eventually documentation. These are almost always false promises,” York Regional Police Deputy Chief Alvaro Almeida told a news conference Friday.
“People that have been trafficked and exploited in this way are often desperate. They’re scared to seek help, worried that they may be the ones arrested and deported, and fearful of retribution from their traffickers.”
Dubbed “Project Norte,” the investigation was jointly led by York police and the Canada Border Services Agency.
Carly Kalish, executive director of Victim Services Toronto, said her organization has seen “an influx in international labour trafficking referrals” recently.
While the program has, in the past, typically seen one to five labour cases a year, there have been at least 79 referrals since last July.
“The conditions in which they’re living are completely devastating,” said Kalish.
Porfirio Thierry Munoz Ledo, Mexican consul general in Toronto, said there have been other investigations besides the case in York Region.
Canadian authorities say they have dissolved an international labour trafficking ring and rescued 64 Mexican workers from “deplorable living and working conditions” across Greater Toronto.
The men and women, between their 20s and 40s, were transported in yellow school buses to work in farms, factories and warehouses across the region while being housed in cramped and infested homes in the GTA.
“These workers are coerced with promises of a better life, decent wages, quality housing, and eventually documentation. These are almost always false promises,” York Regional Police Deputy Chief Alvaro Almeida told a news conference Friday.
“People that have been trafficked and exploited in this way are often desperate. They’re scared to seek help, worried that they may be the ones arrested and deported, and fearful of retribution from their traffickers.”
Dubbed “Project Norte,” the investigation was jointly led by York police and the Canada Border Services Agency.
Carly Kalish, executive director of Victim Services Toronto, said her organization has seen “an influx in international labour trafficking referrals” recently.
While the program has, in the past, typically seen one to five labour cases a year, there have been at least 79 referrals since last July.
“The conditions in which they’re living are completely devastating,” said Kalish.
Porfirio Thierry Munoz Ledo, Mexican consul general in Toronto, said there have been other investigations besides the case in York Region.
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Re: Police announce bust of massive international labour trafficking ring
by 8DonCo Fri Mar 03, 2023 11:29 pm
Có 2 người VN tham gia tổ chức
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Re: Police announce bust of massive international labour trafficking ring
by saurieng2016 Sat Mar 04, 2023 9:52 am
Cộng đồng VN thì nhỏ mà càng ngảy tiếng tăm càng to
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Re: Police announce bust of massive international labour trafficking ring
by 8DonCo Sat Mar 04, 2023 9:57 am
Fast money, they are so rich 
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Re: Police announce bust of massive international labour trafficking ring
by saurieng2016 Sat Mar 04, 2023 10:01 am
8DonCo wrote:Fast money, they are so rich
làm việc xấu, phạm pháp thì không khó mà cái khó là qua được pháp luật ( không sớm thì muộn thôi )
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Re: Police announce bust of massive international labour trafficking ring
by LoveStory08 Sat Mar 04, 2023 1:42 pm
VN cang ngay cang noi tieng
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