Civil Action For Human Sex Trafficking Cases: Taking Back Control

Sometimes, the perpetrator who commits sexual assault or abuse is not acting alone. Rather, one or more other people or institutions have, either intentionally or negligently, facilitated conditions that create opportunities for these crimes to occur or continue. In some cases, these people and/or institutions have participated in or contributed to a form of sexual exploitation called human trafficking.

Public Safety Canada notes that human trafficking "is often described as a modern-day form of slavery. It involves the recruitment, transportation, harbouring and/or exercising control, direction or influence over the movements of a person in order to exploit that person, typically through sexual exploitation or forced labour."