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Canada ratified the Trafficking Protocol in 2002 and is committed to developing laws and programs to implement it. The Trafficking Protocol requires countries that have ratified it to focus on three main areas, referred to as the three P’s: | Canada ratified the Trafficking Protocol in 2002 and is committed to developing laws and programs to implement it. The Trafficking Protocol requires countries that have ratified it to focus on three main areas, referred to as the three P’s: | ||
* ''Protection'' — Protecting and assisting those | * ''Protection'' — Protecting and assisting those who have been trafficked. | ||
who have been trafficked. | * ''Prevention'' — Preventing and combating human trafficking. | ||
* ''Prevention'' — Preventing and combating | |||
human trafficking. | |||
* ''Prosecution'' — Prosecuting the traffickers. | * ''Prosecution'' — Prosecuting the traffickers. | ||
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===Canadian Law=== | ===Canadian Law=== | ||
Human trafficking is a serious criminal offence in Canada. Both the Criminal Code of Canada and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act criminalize all aspects of human trafficking. | |||
The four human trafficking offences in the Criminal Code are summarized below. | |||
Trafficking of a person (Section 279.01)makes it a crime to participate in certain acts towards another person for the purpose of exploiting them. The sentence ranges from life imprisonment for cases involving kidnapping,aggravated assault, sexual assault or death to a maximum of 14 years for other cases. | |||
Trafficking of a person under the age of eighteen years (Section 279.011) adds a mandatory minimum sentence of six years imprisonment where the offence involves aggravated assault, sexual assault or death of the trafficked child and a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in other cases. | |||
Material benefit (Section 279.02) makes it acrime to receive a financial or other material benefit knowing the benefit was a result of human trafficking. There is a maximum sentence of 10 years imprisonment. | |||
Withholding or destroying travel or identification documents (Section 279.03), for example someone’s passport or visa, for the purpose of committing human trafficking, is an offence. There is a maximum sentence of five years in prison. | |||
;''A person cannot legally consent to being exploited under the Criminal Code.'' | |||
