Rise in human trafficking largely unnoticed in Canada, experts say

MONTREAL — Human traffickers peddle young girls to work as sex slaves in Canadian cities for as little as $2,000 - a situation most people believe only happens in foreign lands, activists say.
An increase in human trafficking in Canada has gone largely unnoticed because Canadians think young girls choose to take up the sex trade, according to Joy Smith, a Conservative MP and longtime anti-trafficking activist.

"There are girls being sold in Montreal for $2,000," Smith said.

International observers have described human trafficking as one of the world's fastest growing crimes, a phenomenon Canada has not escaped.

"This is Canada's best-kept secret and it's a shameful secret," said Smith. the rest