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Sex Trafficking: Article Two

By Casey Leger “And that number doubles on
weekends,” he adds.
he United Nations defines The Internet is a wonderful
Ttrafficking as The recruitment, thing. It’s a tool, and like all tools,
transportation, transfer, it can be used for good or for ill. In
harbouring, or receipt of persons, terms of the sex industry, it’s a tool
by means of the threat or use of that cuts both ways. The particular
force or other forms of coercion, app that Dussault mentions is one
abduction, of fraud, or deception, of many that can be used to procure
of the abuse of power or a position sex. What is significant about this
of vulnerability, or the giving or
app—it will not be named here—
receiving of payments or benefits is it catalogues available women
to achieve the consent of a person by region; Eastern Ontario in
having control over another person general, and Cornwall specifically,
for the purpose of exploitation.
are searchable.
Exploitation shall include, at Not everyone who sells sexual
a minimum, the exploitation of services is trafficked, and there
the prostitution of others or other are no easily accessible figures
forms of sexual exploitation, or statistics on the proportion of
forced labour or services, slavery, women in the sex industry who are
servitude, or the removal of doing so against their will. When
organs.
asked directly what the numbers Pat Dussault Photo Submitted
“NO MORE” are, Dussault paints a disturbing problem is through pornography. Not every pornographic video
Ending Sex-Trafficking In Canada picture. “That is very hard to say- According to an article on End is nonconsensual or involves
“At a guess, I’d say twelve especially in sex trafficking,” he Slavery Now’s blog: exploitation but the reality is, there
to fifteen,” says Pat Dussault, a says. “Often times the girls don’t Porn directly fuels the demand is virtually no way for the average
former OPP officer with better than see it; they don’t see themselves for sexual exploitation, and it can consumer to know which is which.
thirty years of law enforcement as being trafficked. They think sometimes be recorded evidence - endslaverynow.org
experience to his credit. Twelve it is ‘a choice.’ It is not.” Many of sex trafficking. There have
to fifteen is the number of women trafficked women and girls are led been countless survivors sharing Next month, Sports Energy
and girls available in the Cornwall to believe that their pimp, their their experience that the “porn” will take a look at the factors
area on one particular app that trafficker, is a boyfriend, Dussault created of them was actually just that can increase the likelihood
allows customers, almost always explains. of someone being trafficked. See
recorded rape. From there, this
men, to order sex the same way what the experts advise to keep
Another way that the Internet pornographic material can be used
people order pizza, including the you and your loved ones safe.
contributes to the sex trafficking to shame or blackmail them.
option for pick up or delivery.