CTV News shared breaking news on October 23, 2013 that four Romanian women were found victims of human trafficking in Montreal. These women were lured to Canada hoping to find a better future, but instead were forced into prostitution (2013). Human trafficking is a problem rarely recognized by Canadians. Most people are unaware of the problem or don't recognize it as something happening in their own backyard. Although Canadians are exposed to the severity of human trafficking in other countries, Canadian citizens are unaware that Canada is not only a transit point to the United States but also a destination country. Information from the Ottawa Rape Crisis Center states that “The RCMP estimates that 600-800 people are trafficked into Canada each year, predominantly for sexual purposes, with an additional 1,500-2,200 people trafficked across Canada and into the United States” (2010 ). Canada is a transit source and destination for human trafficking, some of the victims were as young as twelve years old (Human Trafficking, 2010). The definition of human trafficking will be further explained, focusing on who the victims are and who the traffickers are, the increase in trafficking due to globalization and the role Canada plays in preventing it. Defining human trafficking can be difficult due to the fact that it can be confused with other illegal activities such as smuggling and permitted prostitution. In the essay Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery In The 21st Century, Shaden Mohajerin states that human trafficking can be defined as the transfer, harboring, and transportation of people through force, coercion, kidnapping, and deception (.... .. half of the document ......see November 27, 2013, from http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/human-trafficking-in-canada-arrests-made-1.1509760Government of Canada ( 2013).National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking. Retrieved from http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/ntnl-ctn-pln-cmbt/index-eng.aspx# toc-01Human Trafficking and the Sex Trade (. 2010). Retrieved November 23, 2013, from http://www.orcc.net/sites/all/files/pdf/Human-Trafficking-and-the-Sex-Trade-. FS.pdfMohajerin, SK (2006). Human trafficking: Modern slavery in the 21st century. Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, 12(3), 125-132. J. (2001). Policy and Practice. Refugees: Canadian Refugee Journal, 19(4). Simard, J. (2012). The true North strong and free? A detailed look at human trafficking for sexual exploitation in Canada.