Conversation with Ward 8 Candidates, Margaret Johnston, Wendy Creighton and Philip Molto [Separate segment with Carly Pettinger on Regime Radio on October 9th]. Indigenous Community Organizer, William Martin joined in the studio with questions as well.
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Police confirm human trafficking is on the rise in Waterloo Region
Host: Leah Gerber
Waterloo Region is a hub for human trafficking, confirm police. The number of cases that the Waterloo Region Police Service Human Trafficking Unit investigate is growing each year, as well as the number of victims and people seeking help at the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region’s Anti-Human Trafficking Program.
Radio Waterloo spoke with Detective Sergeant Jeff Merrigan with the WRPS Human Trafficking Unit and Lyndsey Butcher the director of care at the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region to talk about the numbers they are seeing and what human trafficking looks like in Waterloo Region. Both say the community needs to come to terms with the reality of human trafficking in the Region, and that the problem needs to be confronted.