Anti-human trafficking squad part of planned strategy to tackle problem
OTTAWA - The federal government is creating a special team of officers to tackle the crime of human trafficking.
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews says a law-enforcement team composed of RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency members will be assigned to the problem.
The government says it will also step up training for police, border agents and prosecutors.
In addition, Toews is promising to boost research and information sharing on trafficking — a shadowy and often little understood crime in which vulnerable people effectively become slaves to those who use them for profit.
Toews says the Public Safety Department will also lead a task force on human trafficking.
He notes that 18 federal departments are working on the issue and that there's a pressing need for co-ordination.
