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COMING UP WITH A co-ordinated strategy TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING miKE ADLER and fannie sunshine newsroom@insidetoronto.com The young man stands before the judge, barely crossing the age threshold of being tried in adult court. Charges against him are lengthy and grim: a snippet includes forcible confinement, uttering threats, sexual assault, and human trafficking.
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Police know the human trafficking charge will be the hardest one to land a conviction on, mainly due to the victim’s unwillingness to testify or memory lapses, and will often take pleas for lesser offences. The total number of human trafficking convictions in Toronto since 2014 now stands at nine; in the first week of July alone, Toronto police arrested seven men within a four-day
span on human trafficking charges, one case involving a victim as young as 14. And one York Region cop has no problem dropping human trafficking charges if it means pimps will land in jail. “It doesn’t mean they all walk, they all got away,” said Det. Sgt. Thai Truong, adding as a police officer, as long as the accused is found guilty for >>>human, page 6
As the number of Canadians with Lyme disease continues to climb, Canada is developing a federal framework for dealing with the issue. The framework will focus on guidelines for identifying and treating Lyme disease, track- Canada works to develop ing infection rates and their guidelines to economic identify and impact, and treat Lyme developing disease and standardized track infections educational materials for public health providers. In Ontario, Lyme disease is spread through bites from infected blacklegged ticks, also called deer ticks. In May, Toronto Public Health held a press conference in Morningside Park to discuss the city’s growing blacklegged tick population and warn residents to protect from bites. Along with Morningside Park, Rouge Park and Algonquin Island have been identified as areas where the ticks are most likely to be found in Toronto. Ticks from Rouge Park have tested positive for Lymedisease-causing bacteria. First
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Carole Hardacre walks Morgan and Stitch in Rouge Park. Hardacre always checks them afterwards for ticks to prevent Lyme disease.
identified in Toronto in 2013, blacklegged ticks, which can’t fly or jump, migrate by attaching to birds and other animals, so they can be found outside known areas as well. As part of the federal frame>>>on, page 10
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