[Helen Roos] cited Inuit communities as vulnerable because of the high rates of extreme poverty, shortage of housing and levels of abuse. Roos said that makes women and girls more susceptible to being lured by the promise of work in the South, when instead they might find themselves forced into prostitution in Winnipeg or Ottawa.
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Canada's Inuit face human trafficking fears - Features - Al Jazeera English
Source: Al Jazeera English
Inuit families sell their babies online, pimp out their daughters and turn a blind eye to human trafficking.
Inuit families sell their babies online, pimp out their daughters and turn a blind eye to human trafficking.
These are some of the claims made by Canadian consultant Helen Roos in a 159-page report released in November 2013, that presents anecdotal evidence of sexual abuse and human trafficking in Canada's remote arctic regions. The report stirred public debate last month, when it was picked up by media across the world's second largest country.
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