Human trafficking cases are often underreported, one advocate says. 401 corridor frequently used by traffickersCornwall's location makes it "an attractive region" for crime, Foy said. It's owned by the Ontario Truck Driving School, and used as part of the Know Human Trafficking public education campaign. This truck, wrapped in messaging created by the Know Human Trafficking campaign, is being driven on Ontario's Highway 401 to raise awareness about what to do in case someone spots the signs of human trafficking. Majority of calls to trafficking hotline from OntarioCalls from Ontario represented 67 per cent of human trafficking incidents disclosed to the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking's hotline between 2019 and 2022.

Source: CBC News January 27, 2024 15:12 UTC