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[morhant at igc.org]

Calgarians charged in human smuggling scheme
By Dawn Walton
The Globe and Mail (Canada), November 7, 2003; Pg. A11
http://globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20031107/UPROS07

The scheme brought women in their early 20s from Thailand, Malaysia 
and Vietnam, where they were already involved in the sex trade. 
Hoping to find a better life in Canada, they eventually found 
themselves enslaved to those who helped them get here.

"Agents" in their home country charged thousands of dollars to set 
them up with forged identification and travel documents. "Escorts" 
brought the women to Canada where they met with "flesh brokers" who 
would buy out their contracts, which were often worth tens of 
thousands of dollars, such as the one Calgary police officers were 
offered.