Human trafficking is a crime and human rights abuse that’s sometimes called “modern day slavery. February 22, 2020 marks the 3rd provincial day that is set aside to raise awareness about the crime of human trafficking.

Human trafficking involves the recruitment, transportation, harbouring and/ or exercising control, direction or influence over the movements of a person in order to exploit that person, typically through sexual exploitation or forced labour. It is often described as a modern form of slavery.