Experts are warning Canadians of a so-called “pig butchering” scam that involves victims of human trafficking sending seemingly harmless wrong-number text messages designed to lure people into handing over their life savings.
describes the business of human trafficking as a “low risk/high reward activity” because the crime is difficult to track down.
Unlike the sale of materials like guns or drugs, human beings can be sold multiple times for the financial or material benefit of the traffickers, the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking website explains. “The global nature of this is really unprecedented,” he said. “I talked to multiple people in Canada who were scammed as well as the U.S., Singapore, France and other countries. So it's truly a global pandemic of scams.”
“Human trafficking involves recruiting, moving, or holding victims to exploit them for profit, usually for sexual reasons or forced labour,” the website explains.describes human trafficking as a “modern form of slavery.” Canadian data showcases the number of police-reported incidents has been increasing since 2009.
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