===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:
The four human trafficking offences * Trafficking of a person (Section 279.01)makes it a crime to participate in certain acts towards another person for the Criminal Code are summarized belowpurpose 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 279.01011)makes it adds a crime to participate in certain acts towards another person for the purpose mandatory minimum sentence of exploiting them. The sentence ranges from life six years imprisonment for cases involving kidnapping,where the offence involves aggravated assault, sexual assault or death to of the trafficked child and a maximum mandatory minimum sentence of 14 five years for in other cases.
Trafficking of a person under the age of eighteen years * Material benefit (Section 279.01102) adds makes it acrime to receive a mandatory minimum sentence of six years imprisonment where financial or other material benefit knowing the offence involves aggravated assault, sexual assault or death benefit was a result of the trafficked child and human trafficking. There is a mandatory minimum maximum sentence of five 10 years in other casesimprisonment.
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.''