Ottawa was the hot spot for human trafficking in 2014

(Click on the city in the “Rates” section to see the corresponding values in the “Violations” section, which is a count of violations for each jurisdiction ranging from Canada as a whole to provinces to a select group of cities.)

Source: Statistics Canada

An American report identified Canada as one of the top destinations for human trafficking, and recommended several ways Canada should combat the problem.

To find out more about human trafficking, the RCMP has an excellent question-and-answer section on its webpage:

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ht-tp/q-a-trafficking-traite-eng.htm

To read the story upon which this assignment is based, please read this Globe and Mail article.