Human trafficking

Meaz Nour-Eldin, who was once wanted on a Canada-wide warrant, has been sentenced to six years in a human trafficking case that involved a 15-year-old girl. (File photo: Lauren Collins)

B.C. man sentenced to 6 years for trafficking 15-year-old girl

Meaz Nour-Eldin has also been the subject of an unresolved Canada-wide warrant for kidnapping

 

Langley RCMP. (Langley Advance Times files)

Human trafficking charges laid against Langley woman

Jennifer Lynn Stephens faces 14 charges including assault, trafficking a minor

 

A collaborative inter-provincial RCMP task force has caught a man involved in a B.C. human-trafficking circuit. (Black Press file photo)

Quebec man charged in connection with human-trafficking circuit in B.C.

Stanley Jean-Baptiste was arrested in Montreal following an investigation that began in May of 2021

 

Three people are facing charges in connection with a human-trafficking investigation in Alberta, police say. A police car with flashing lights is shown in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke

3 charged in Alberta human-trafficking investigation

Toronto woman recruited through social media under pretense of a legitimate job in Grande Prairie: Police

Three people are facing charges in connection with a human-trafficking investigation in Alberta, police say. A police car with flashing lights is shown in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke
(Paul Henderson/ Chilliwack Progress)

Ukrainian newcomers at risk of human trafficking in the Okanagan, warns RCMP

The Ukrainian Canadian Congress is warning displaced people about human trafficking

(Paul Henderson/ Chilliwack Progress)
Truckers against Trafficking corporate partner Day & Ross has terminals across Canada including in Kelowna, Kamloops, Surrey, Richmond, Nanaimo and Victoria. (Day & Ross/Facebook)

‘Eyes on the road’: Canadian truckers fight human trafficking along highways

You don’t have to be a trucker to be a “trucker against trafficking” says senior executive

Truckers against Trafficking corporate partner Day & Ross has terminals across Canada including in Kelowna, Kamloops, Surrey, Richmond, Nanaimo and Victoria. (Day & Ross/Facebook)
Kindred Apparel Inc. founder and owner Alexandra Bouchard is excited about the new direction her supplier in India is taking. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
Kindred Apparel Inc. founder and owner Alexandra Bouchard is excited about the new direction her supplier in India is taking. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
Meaz Nour-Eldin (left) and Elkan Vyizigiro, both 23, have both been charged with human trafficking offences (VPD)

3 males charged with human trafficking of underage girls in Vancouver

Investigators believe the group recruited and trafficked underage girls for several months

Meaz Nour-Eldin (left) and Elkan Vyizigiro, both 23, have both been charged with human trafficking offences (VPD)
Paul Brandt performs at the Canadian Country Music Awards in Calgary, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Fighting human trafficking ‘more urgent’ amid pandemic: country star Paul Brandt

Brandt, a former pediatric nurse, founded the organization Not in My City in 2017

Paul Brandt performs at the Canadian Country Music Awards in Calgary, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Operation No More saw members of the Victoria Police Department’s special victims unit meet girls believed to be involved in human trafficking at a local hotel. Officers offered the girls help and other resources. (Katherine Engqvist/News Staff)

Undercover operation exposes prominent human trafficking problem in Greater Victoria

VicPD’s Operation No More took place in mid-June at a local hotel

Operation No More saw members of the Victoria Police Department’s special victims unit meet girls believed to be involved in human trafficking at a local hotel. Officers offered the girls help and other resources. (Katherine Engqvist/News Staff)
Shawn Alexander Kelly is in Swift Current, Sask., and is expected back in court on March 11, 2020. (Shawn Kelly/Facebook)

‘Not the monster everyone thinks’: Sister of human-trafficking suspect speaks out

Trish Kelly’s brother was one of four Vancouver Island residents arrested last month in Saskatchewan

Shawn Alexander Kelly is in Swift Current, Sask., and is expected back in court on March 11, 2020. (Shawn Kelly/Facebook)
Two Victoria suspects arrested in Saskatchewan for alleged human trafficking

Two Victoria suspects arrested in Saskatchewan for alleged human trafficking

Four suspects arrested near Swift Current transporting unidentified female passengers

Two Victoria suspects arrested in Saskatchewan for alleged human trafficking