Fears of trafficking at Winter Olympics 2010.

Activists in Canada have expressed fears that there will be an explosion of human trafficking in the country when the Winter Olympics comes to Canada in 2010. A committee of the federal government was warned that more needed to be done to avoid such a human rights disaster.
“A large influx of that hard currency and foreigners with a lot of time on their hands and a sense of impunity will essentially drive this industry,” said Benjamin Perrin of The Future Group, an anti-trafficking NGO. He also claimed that a government working group to establish a national strategy to combat human trafficking had little to show after four years of work.
“It’s a major embarrassment. We have a lot of catching up to do,” Perrin said.
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