2.Benjamin Perrin examines the issue of exploitation and trafficking of humans in his book, Invisible Chains: Canada’s Underground World of Human Trafficking. There are two major types of human trafficking highlighted in his book; sex trafficking and labour trafficking. He worked with survivors, police officers, and government officials to bring this issue to light. Perrin documents the personal experiences of the victims and explains the strategies used by traffickers. He explains Canadian law, the lack of support of the judicial system in protecting the victims and its leniency towards traffickers. In Canada, human trafficking was not even a criminal offence until 2005. From April 2007 to April 2009, only about 30 people were charged with
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They fall prey to those who promise them a better future. For example, women are promised modelling or music careers but instead are forced into prostitution. Men are promised jobs but instead are used for forced and cheap labour. In some poor countries girls are sold in order to get money to feed the rest of the …show more content…
He wants Canadians to see that human trafficking is modern day slavery. “Old Slavery owners paid high costs to acquire their slaves and earned relatively low profits from their labour.in contrast, New Slavery owners avoid legal ownership but earn high profits from slaves whose cost is often minimal. Despite these distinctions…some fundamental similarities remain: the targeting of disadvantaged individuals to reap ill-gotten financial rewards, the resistance of profiteers to exposing these systems of exploitation, the complicity of governments either through corruption or inaction, and the crucial role of individuals and civil society in championing its abolition.” (p7). He wants to open the eyes of Canadians to this “invisible” problem. In Canada, human trafficking was not even a criminal offence until 2005. When the United Nations recently asked Canada for statistics on arrests and convictions, Perrin reports that no one in Ottawa knew where to even start looking. So, he himself dug up the numbers by canvassing police and justice officials across the country and he found poor results. His book also examines the many reasons that can push women into the sex trade, the psychological ploys and physical violence the traffickers use to keep them there, and
They fall prey to those who promise them a better future. For example, women are promised modelling or music careers but instead are forced into prostitution. Men are promised jobs but instead are used for forced and cheap labour. In some poor countries girls are sold in order to get money to feed the rest of the …show more content…
He wants Canadians to see that human trafficking is modern day slavery. “Old Slavery owners paid high costs to acquire their slaves and earned relatively low profits from their labour.in contrast, New Slavery owners avoid legal ownership but earn high profits from slaves whose cost is often minimal. Despite these distinctions…some fundamental similarities remain: the targeting of disadvantaged individuals to reap ill-gotten financial rewards, the resistance of profiteers to exposing these systems of exploitation, the complicity of governments either through corruption or inaction, and the crucial role of individuals and civil society in championing its abolition.” (p7). He wants to open the eyes of Canadians to this “invisible” problem. In Canada, human trafficking was not even a criminal offence until 2005. When the United Nations recently asked Canada for statistics on arrests and convictions, Perrin reports that no one in Ottawa knew where to even start looking. So, he himself dug up the numbers by canvassing police and justice officials across the country and he found poor results. His book also examines the many reasons that can push women into the sex trade, the psychological ploys and physical violence the traffickers use to keep them there, and