Crime Beat TV published this video item, entitled ““Never-ending” court process re-traumatizes victims of human trafficking” – below is their description.
Nova Scotia has the highest reported rates of human trafficking in Canada. One survivor shares her story of strength and resilience and she prepares to face her alleged perpetrator in court for a second time.
Even after escaping their situations, victims of human trafficking face an uphill battle while seeking justice. Experts say the court process for survivors, which can last several years, can feel “never-ending.” Elizabeth McSheffrey reports.
Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. It extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the world’s second-largest country by total area.
Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching 8,891 kilometres (5,525 mi), is the world’s longest bi-national land border. Canada’s capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.
Various Indigenous peoples inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years before European colonization. The Canada Act 1982, which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the British Parliament. Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy in the Westminster tradition, with a monarch and a prime minister who serves as the chair of the Cabinet and head of government.
As a highly developed country, Canada has the seventeenth-highest nominal per-capita income globally as well as the thirteenth-highest ranking in the Human Development Index. Its advanced economy is the tenth-largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources and well-developed international trade networks.
