International Human Trafficking Training & Awareness Conference, Opening ceremonies

Media advisory, Monday, March 19, 2018, 8 a.m., Fairmont Royal York, 100 Front Street West, International Human Trafficking Training & Awareness Conference, Opening ceremonies

Sunday, March 18, 2018 - 7:29 PM
Sex Crimes:  416-808-8385

On Monday, March 19, 2018, at 8 a.m., at the Fairmont Royal York, 100 Front Street West, the Toronto Police Service, in partnership with the Ontario Provincial Police, will open the first International Human Trafficking Training & Awareness Conference.

The conference will feature speakers from all over the world, who will share their expertise and experiences with human trafficking investigations. Topics include: case studies from law enforcement agencies, stories from survivors, and the use of data analytics in the fight against human trafficking.

Opening ceremonies are open to the media and will include remarks by Chief Mark Saunders; OPP Commissioner Vince Hawkes; Minister of Community Safety & Correctional Services, the Honourable Marie-France Lalonde; MPP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock, Ms. Laurie Scott; and Director of the Provincial Anti-Human Trafficking Strategy, Ms. Jennifer Richardson.

For more information, please contact Meaghan Gray at 416-808-7095 or meaghan.gray@torontopolice.on.ca.

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Meaghan Gray, Corporate Communications, for Detective Sergeant Nunziato Tramontozzi, Sex Crimes Human Trafficking Enforcement Team