Its happening here.

2023

  • Jan 25 - New Brunswick man charged after child pornography investigation: RCMP

  • Jan 26 - Man, 68, charged with child pornography offences: P.E.I. RCMP

  • Jan 26 - Edson teacher facing new sexual assault charges after 3 additional victims identified: RCMP

  • Jan 26 - Future of high-profile N.S. sexual assault case uncertain due to lack of judges

  • Jan 29 - Nova Scotia charity developing support groups for childhood abuse survivors

  • Jan 30 - RCMP charge four people in relation to a human trafficking investigation

  • Feb 1 - N.B. man sentenced to 14 months for possessing child pornography

  • Feb 1 - Nova Scotia sex worker takes client to small claims court over unpaid fee

  • Feb 7 - Alberta charges pending against Dances With Wolves actor banned from Tsuut'ina Nation

  • Feb 7 - Online child luring reports skyrocketed in Canada in past 5 years, protection agency says

  • Feb 10 - N.S. pedophile faces new charges in alleged child pornography offences

  • Feb 17 - Windsor man charged with child pornography offences

  • Feb 17 - Halifax Hawks file outrageous defence against sexual abuse lawsuit involving serial predator Michael McNutt

  • Feb 22 - Human trafficking tactics increasing online: Why advocates are calling for crackdown in the cyberspace

  • Mar 1 - National Center for Missing and Exploited Children launches tool to remove explicit contents online

  • Mar 7 - 'It's about having open communication': Advice for families as online child luring reports rise

2022

  • Jun 30 - Halifax man facing multiple sex charges, including child luring

  • Jun 16 - Halifax business owner and non-profit co-founder faces charges on three sexual offences

  • May 27 - Man, 22, facing child pornography charges after police search Dartmouth address

  • May 21 - Nova Scotia has serious problem with human trafficking, non-profit representative says

  • Mar 24 - Former N.S. tennis coach again charged with luring, child porn offences

  • Feb 10 - Kentville man charged with sex offences, child luring

  • Feb 10 - New website helps Nova Scotians spot warning signs of human trafficking

  • Feb 9 - Nova Scotia website tackles warning signs of human trafficking, offers support to survivors

  • Jan 28 - Nova Scotia man charged with human trafficking, sexual assault

  • Jan 28 - Woman beaten beyond recognition in downtown Halifax hotel sparks human trafficking investigation

  • Jan 10 - JENNIFER HOLLEMAN: My 21-year-old daughter died trapped in the sex trade

2021

  • Dec 13 - Additional child pornography charges laid against Mount Uniacke man

  • Dec 6 - Canadians 'shockingly unaware' of human trafficking, says national organization

  • Nov 28 - YWCA wants to find reason behind Nova Scotia's high human trafficking cases

  • Nov 16 - Pair charged in Bridgewater human trafficking case get bail

  • Nov 16 - Human trafficking charges laid after N.B. girl rescued in N.S. hotel parking lot

  • Nov 15 - 'It's a hard thing to come forward': Calls for more action on human trafficking in N.S.

  • Oct 21 - N.S. man facing multiple charges related to luring a child and sexual assault

  • Sept 20 - That post about a rash of “abductions” downtown is distracting misinformation

  • Aug 20 - New peer support available to young Cape Bretoners involved in sex trafficking

  • Aug 11 - Halifax woman gets time served, probation for trafficking 16-year-old girl

  • July 23 - How the ‘never-ending’ court process re-traumatizes victims of human trafficking

  • July 22 - Forced to return to court and testify, N.S. human trafficking survivor feels angry, ‘helpless’

  • June 22 - Opposition abounds for Nova Scotia's planned LNG export facility

  • June 17- Woman's retrial in Halifax pimping case set for April 2022

  • June 17 - N.S. sees highest rate of human trafficking in Canada, incidents tripled in 2019

  • June 16 - 'Man camp' threat to Mi'kmaw women unchanged since MMIWG inquiry, say advocates

  • June 11 - New directory aims to help Nova Scotia youths involved in sex trade

  • June 2 - Nova Scotia launches online course on recognizing and preventing sexual exploitation

  • June 2 - Online course educates Nova Scotians on how to recognize and prevent sexual exploitation

  • May 20 - Why human trafficking is a rural Nova Scotia problem

  • April 28 - Former Cole Harbour teacher pleads guilty to sex charges involving girl

  • April 27 - “I don’t let my daughter go to sleepovers”

  • April 16 - $150B global human trafficking industry happening in plain sight in Canada say experts

  • April 15 - Human trafficking investigation in Alberta leads to arrest of Mi’kmaw man in Nova Scotia

  • April 14 - Nova Scotia man arrested on human trafficking charges in Alberta

  • April 13 - Nova Scotia man charged in human trafficking investigation with ties to Alberta

  • Feb 23 - How human traffickers use 'corridors' to isolate victims, evade police

  • April 27 - New trial ordered for N.S. woman convicted on human trafficking-related charges

  • April 8 - Most Canadians support educating students about sex trafficking in schools, survey shows

  • Feb 24 - Schools inconsistent in teaching students about sex trafficking in Canada

  • Feb 22 - How Canada’s sex traffickers evade capture and isolate victims to prevent their escape

  • Feb 3 - N.S. woman shares story to let human trafficking victims know they're not alone

  • Feb 3 - What human trafficking looks like in Nova Scotia

  • Jan 29 - ‘It can happen to anyone’: N.S. woman opens up about surviving human trafficking

  • Jan 8 - Government funding alone not enough to end human trafficking, say N.S. advocates

  • Jan 8 - Ontario police charge St. FX student with human trafficking

2020

  • Nov 23 - Another member of Dartmouth family sentenced for sex-related offences

  • Oct 1 - Jane Paul Indigenous Women’s Resource Centre reopens in Sydney

  • Aug 24 - 1 more arrested, more charges laid in Pictou County human trafficking case

  • July 27 - Former Bridgewater, N.S. police chief convicted of sexual exploitation granted parole

  • July 25 - Nova Scotia opens new safe house for survivors of human trafficking

  • June 16 - Three Pictou County men face human trafficking charges

  • June 11 - Advocates say youth shelter in Truro would protect teens from human trafficking

  • June 1 - The summer of fear: How a wanted man preyed on children

  • March 11 - N.S. brothers who forced women into sex trade sentenced to 5 years in prison

  • March 11 - Four members of Dartmouth family sentenced in pimping case

  • Feb 21 - N.S. commits an additional $1.4 million to combat human trafficking

  • Feb 20 - Nova Scotia adds $1.4M to anti-human trafficking fund

  • Feb 20 - Nova Scotia spending millions more to combat human trafficking

  • Feb 20 - Provincial Approach To Address Human Trafficking, Sexual Exploitation

  • Feb 13 - Human trafficking team charges Kentville man with sexual offences against girl

  • Jan 24 - Nova Scotia man charged with human trafficking

2019

  • Nov 18 - She couldn't help her daughter escape the sex trade. Now, she's fighting for change

  • Oct 24 - Former Bridgewater police chief convicted of sexual exploitation involving teen

  • Sept 20 - N.S. man sentenced on sex charges involving teenage victim

  • Aug 17 - Groups seek ways to make a difference in fight against sexual exploitation, trafficking

  • Aug 16 - Nova Scotia brings in human trafficking expert who says issue at a ‘critical point’

  • June 26 - Former teacher David Harrison sentenced to 90 days for sexual exploitation

  • June 5 - Advocates studying human trafficking 'corridor' between N.S., other provinces

  • May 31 - Human trafficking hotline a 'really good first step': trauma therapist

  • May 31 - Halifax women share stories of sex trade violence that were once ‘swept under the rug’

  • May 4 - YWCA Halifax to offer ‘safe spaces’ to human trafficking victims and survivors

  • Apr 24 - Nova Scotia gets $4.7M to target gun violence, human trafficking

  • March 8 - Halifax police say mother, two sons charged in human trafficking case

  • March 7 - Four people face charges in Dartmouth human trafficking bust

  • March 4 - Suspected human trafficking cases on the rise in N.S., say RCMP

  • Jan 17 - Woman jailed four years for luring 16-year-old girl into prostitution

  • Jan 15 - 'You ruined my life,' human trafficking victim says ahead of sentencing

2018

  • Dec 18 - Cole Harbour man facing 24 charges in human trafficking case

  • Dec 10 - Defence seeks 3 years in prison for Halifax woman who trafficked girl for sex

  • Sept 25 - Hammonds Plains man guilty of sex trafficking teens gets 8 years

  • Nov 3 - Bursary named in honour of sex trafficking victim from Nova Scotia

  • March 19 - 'They don't know they're victims': She was trafficked at 17, but didn't recognize the signs

  • March 19 - Cross-country consultations to address 'nationwide' problem of human trafficking begin in Halifax

  • Feb 26 - Human trafficking in sex trade thriving in Nova Scotia, Mountie says

  • Jan 15 - Human trafficker who threatened to cut victim into pieces gets 16 months in jail

2017

  • Oct 25 - Human trafficker gets additional year for threatening his victim

  • Oct 6 - Halifax police charge 4 with human trafficking after teen robbed

  • Aug 28 - Two Toronto-area men charged with human trafficking in Nova Scotia

  • Aug 21 -Jade Brooks turns her trauma into teaching

  • June 16 - How changes to prostitution laws shifted the way police tackle the issue

  • June 16 - 'They are so incredibly brainwashed': A daughter's spiral into human trafficking

  • May 24 - ‘John-Be-Gone’ and the National DNA Data Bank

  • May 4 - RCMP human trafficking investigation reveals ‘numerous’ Nova Scotia victims

  • April 24 - Sydney man fined as one of 27 charged in Operation John Be Gone

  • April 7 - Halifax community in disbelief after man charged with human trafficking

  • March 31 - 'I'm hoping the judge says 10 years,' says mother of teenage human trafficking victim

  • March 13 - Upper Hammonds Plains man accused of kidnapping, human trafficking teen girls

  • Feb 28 - Indigenous women's centre in Sydney gets $40K grant as need for services grows

  • Jan 17 - Mi'kmaq resource centre helps women escape Sydney street life

2016

  • Dec 22 - Nova Scotia human trafficker charged anew after alleged courtroom threat: ‘I’ll see you’

  • Dec 21 - 'I'll see you': Convicted human trafficker threatens teen victim on way out of courtroom

  • Dec 20 - Human trafficking trial on hold after accused deemed too high on drugs

  • Sept 1 - Cape Breton prostitution sting raises public shaming concerns

  • Aug 26 - Conviction stands for man netted in 'John Be Gone' prostitution sting

  • June 16 - Nova Scotia justice officials agree more victim support needed

  • May 25 - Halifax man, woman charged with human trafficking, prostitution of girl

  • May 12 - Human trafficking victim brings her story back to Halifax

  • March 22 - Halifax human trafficking victim one of youngest in decades, officer says

  • Feb 11 - Sydney prostitution sting subject of charter challenge

  • Jan 11 - Human trafficking convictions remain challenging in Nova Scotia

2015

  • Dec 15 - Nova Scotia human trafficking trial delayed by rare procedure

  • Dec 16 - Doreze Marvin Beals's human trafficking trial hears from alleged victim

  • April 23 - Nine arrested in human trafficking ring involving N.S. girls

2014

  • April 13 - Human trafficking rare charge for Nova Scotia police