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### Viewing cable 03MONTREAL266, TRAFFICKING VIOLATIONS: SEX AND SMUGGLING IN QUEBEC

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03MONTREAL266 | 2003-02-27 15:01 | 2011-04-28 00:00 | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | Consulate Montreal

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MONTREAL 000266

    SIPDIS

    SENSITIVE  BUT UNCLASSIFIED

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB SMIG PREF PHUM
    SUBJECT: TRAFFICKING VIOLATIONS: SEX AND SMUGGLING IN QUEBEC

    ¶1. (SBU) SUMMARY: MONTREAL, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS "THE
    PARIS OF THE WEST," HAS ALSO DEVELOPED A REPUTATION IN THE
    SEX-TOURISM INDUSTRY AS "THE BANGKOK OF THE WEST." NOT
    SURPRISINGLY, MOST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN QUEBEC PROVINCE
    INVOLVES WOMEN WHO ARE TRAFFICKED INTO THE SEX TRADE.  IN
    FEBRUARY 2003, MONTREAL POLICE BROKE UP A JUVENILE
    PROSTITUTION RING IN WHICH MINOR GIRLS WERE BEING FORCED TO
    ENGAGE IN NUDE DANCING AND PROSTITUTION. MONTREAL POLICE
    CONTACTS REPORT THAT AFTER THEY STARTED TO CRACK DOWN ON
    PROSTITUTION AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS, MANY RINGS
    MOVED BUSINESS OUT OF MONTREAL TO QUEBEC CITY AND NIAGARA
    FALLS. IN ADDITION TO TRAFFICKING FOR THE SEX TRADE, U.S.
    AND CANADIAN IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS HAVE SEEN INCREASED
    SMUGGLING IN PERSONS--SOME OF WHICH CAN BE CONSIDERED
    TRAFFICKING--FROM COSTA RICA, MEXICO, CHINA, AND RUSSIA.
    LOCAL, PROVINCIAL AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE
    ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN COMBATING ALL FORMS OF TRAFFICKING IN
    THE PROVINCE.  END SUMMARY.

    ¶2. (SBU) THE QUEBEC-BASED SEX TRADE. "LET YOUR FINGERS DO
    THE WALKING," BELL'S YELLOW PAGES MOTTO HAS A DOUBLE
    ENTENDRE WHEN IT COMES TO THE 20 PAGES OF ADVERTISING FOR
    ESCORT AGENCIES IN THE 2003 PHONE BOOK.  THESE ADS, UP FROM
    17 PAGES IN 2002 AND 2 IN 1998, HIGHLIGHT WHAT A BIG
    BUSINESS THE SEX TRADE HAS BECOME IN QUEBEC. WHILE THE
    CRIMINAL CODE OF CANADA PROHIBITS SOLICITING FOR THE
    PURPOSES OF PROSTITUTION, KEEPING A "BAWDY HOUSE" AND
    "PROCURING AND LIVING OFF THE INCOME OF PROSTITUTION,"
    ESCORT AGENCIES ARE ABLE TO MANEUVER AROUND REGULATIONS.
    ASIDE FROM ESCORT AGENCIES, QUEBEC IS KNOWN FOR NUMEROUS
    STRIP CLUBS WHERE, UNLIKE IN THE UNITED STATES, CLIENTS CAN
    TOUCH THE DANCERS. MANY TRACE THE GROWING SEX INDUSTRY IN
    QUEBEC TO A 1999 CANADIAN SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT
    LEGALIZED "CONTACT DANCING," WHEREBY CUSTOMERS IN STRIP
    CLUBS ARE ALLOWED TO TOUCH THE BREASTS, BUTTOCKS, AND THIGHS
    OF THE DANCERS. ACCORDING TO A 2002 ARTICLE IN THE GAZETTE,
    THESE LAP DANCES, OR PRIVATE CUBICLE ENCOUNTERS, SELL FOR
    AROUND $10 A PIECE AND BRING IN ABOUT 50% MORE REVENUES FOR
    CLUBS THAN THEY EARNED BEFORE THE 1999 LEGISLATION.

    ¶3. (SBU) A PROFILE OF THE VICTIMS. WHILE MANY OF THE WOMEN
    WHO WORK FOR STRIP CLUBS AND ESCORT AGENCIES DO SO
    WILLINGLY, INVESTIGATIONS AND ARRESTS OVER THE PAST YEAR
    HAVE UNCOVERED HUNDREDS WHO ARE COERCED INTO THE BUSINESS.
    WHEN ASKED FOR A PROFILE OF THE GIRLS HE ENCOUNTERS, A
    MONTREAL POLICE INVESTIGATOR THAT POST INTERVIEWED DESCRIBED
    THE FOLLOWING SCENARIO.  VULNERABLE RUNAWAY GIRLS, MANY OF
    WHOM ARE MINORS, MEET MEN WHO OFFER THEM FOOD AND SHELTER.
    THEN, IT IS "PAYBACK TIME."  THE MEN REQUEST THAT THE GIRLS
    BECOME DANCERS IN STRIP CLUBS. IF THE GIRLS PROTEST, THEY
    ARE TOLD THAT THEY OWE THE MEN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR THE
    INVESTMENT THEY HAVE MADE BY TAKING CARE OF THEM.  THE
    CARETAKERS THEN ACQUIRE FALSE IDENTITY CARDS FOR THE GIRLS
    TO SHOW THAT THEY ARE OVER 18 AND SET THEM UP IN BARS AND
    CLUBS THROUGHOUT QUEBEC AND IN NIAGARA FALLS. ONE GIRL
    REPORTED THAT SHE EARNED $300-$400 A DAY, BUT WAS ONLY GIVEN
    $25-$50 OF HER EARNINGS. THIS SCENARIO MATCHES THAT OF THE
    JUVENILE PROSTITUTION RING BROKEN UP BY MONTREAL POLICE IN
    FEBRUARY 2003.  THE GAZETTE REPORTED THAT THE TWO
    RINGLEADERS WOULD BEGIN BY DATING THE GIRLS AND BECOMING
    THEIR LOVERS, AND THEN FORCE THEM TO STRIP IN BARS IN
    MONTREAL AND TORONTO.  WHEN DANCING DID NOT GENERATE ENOUGH
    REVENUES, THE GIRLS WERE PUSHED INTO PROSTITUTION.

    ¶4.  (SBU) POST'S POLICE CONTACT REPORTED THAT MOST OF THE
    GIRLS HE ENCOUNTERS ARE CANADIAN. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO
    OTHER POST CONTACTS, THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW CASES OVER THE
    PAST YEAR IN WHICH FOREIGN WOMEN AND GIRLS WERE TRAFFICKED
    TO QUEBEC FOR THE SEX TRADE. IN ONE CASE, TWO RUSSIAN WOMEN
    WERE BROUGHT TO CANADA FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF NUDE
    DANCING AND PROSTITUTION.  IN ANOTHER CASE, AN INDIAN WOMAN
    TRAFFICKED TWO MINORS INTO CANADA FOR PROSTITUTION.
    ACCORDING TO A CANADIAN IMMIGRATION OFFICIAL, THE WOMAN WAS
    APPREHENDED AND SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON BEFORE
    BEING DEPORTED TO INDIA.

    ¶5.  (SBU) WHO ARE THE RINGLEADERS?  MOTORCYCLE GANGS ARE THE
    KINGPINS BEHIND PROSTITUTION, STRIP CLUBS, AND ESCORT
    AGENCIES IN QUEBEC.  ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE
    SERVICE CANADA 2002 REPORT, THE HELLS ANGELS ARE THE LARGEST
    AND MOST CRIMINALLY ACTIVE OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE GANG IN CANADA
    WITH 35 FULL CHAPTERS. IN ORDER TO HAVE GIRLS PLACED IN
    CLUBS AND AGENCIES, OTHER HAITIAN, ASIAN, AND RUSSIAN GANG
    MEMBERS TEND TO USE THE MOTORCYCLE GANGS AS MIDDLEMEN. WITH
    INCREASED POLICE ATTENTION ON THE MONTREAL SCENE (WITHIN THE
    PAST SIX MONTHS, MONTREAL POLICE HAVE SET UP A TASK FORCE ON
    JUVENILE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION), THESE GANGS ARE EXPANDING
    INTO MARKETS IN QUEBEC CITY, OTTAWA, AND TORONTO. IN 2002-
    2003, POLICE HAVE SEEN A RAMPANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF
    GIRLS BEING SENT FROM QUEBEC TO WORK AS STRIPPERS AND
    PROSTITUTES IN NIAGARA FALLS. THE HANDLERS TAKE LARGE CUTS
    OF THE GIRLS' EARNINGS, MAKING IT A VERY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS.
    IN QUEBEC CITY, THERE HAVE EVEN BEEN CONFIRMED CASES IN
    WHICH GIRLS HAVE BEEN SOLD FROM ONE HANDLER TO ANOTHER.

    ¶6.   (SBU)  PROTECTION EFFORTS. ON JULY 28, 2002, CANADA
    AMENDED THE CRIMINAL CODE AND THE CANADA EVIDENCE ACT TO
    ENHANCE THE PROTECTION OF MINORS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL
    EXPLOITATION. THE LEGISLATION IS ONE STEP IN SATISFYING
    CANADA'S COMMITMENT TO THE JANUARY 2002 UN PROTOCOL ON THE
    RIGHTS OF CHILDREN. AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL, THERE ARE
    SEVERAL SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES, FUNDED BY PRIVATE AND
    PUBLIC SOURCES, THAT OFFER PROTECTION TO YOUNG WOMEN
    INVOLVED IN THE SEX TRADE.  ONE ORGANIZATION IN MONTREAL,
    "PASSAGES" IS A SHELTER FOR 18- TO 30-YEAR OLD WOMEN. MANY
    OF THE WOMEN WHO COME TO THE SHELTER ARE INVOLVED IN DRUGS
    AND PROSTITUTION.  HOWEVER, A PASSAGES EMPLOYEE STATED THAT
    SHE RARELY SEES THE YOUNG WOMEN INVOLVED IN SEX TRAFFICKING
    RINGS; SHE SPECULATED THAT THE HANDLERS OF THESE WOMEN
    MONITOR THEIR ACTIVITIES CLOSELY AND PREVENT THEM FROM
    ACCESSING AVAILABLE SOCIAL SERVICES. IN THE OPINION OF
    POST'S POLICE CONTACT, ONCE GIRLS ARE BROUGHT INTO A
    TRAFFICKING RING, THEY FACE A SLIPPERY SLOPE. VULNERABLE
    GIRLS, DRAWN TO OFFERS OF PROTECTION AND CARE, OFTEN THINK
    THEY ARE IN LOVE WITH THEIR "PROTECTOR."  COERCED INTO NUDE
    DANCING, THEN PROSTITUTION, THE GIRLS QUICKLY BECOME PART OF
    A SEAMY WORLD IN WHICH DRUG USE AND ADDICTION IS PREVALENT.
    NEEDING INCOME TO SUPPORT THEIR DRUG HABITS, MANY GIRLS FIND
    IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO BREAK OUT OF THE SEX TRADE.

    ¶7. (SBU) SMUGGLING. IN 2002-2003, U.S. AND CANADIAN
    IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS HAVE ALSO SEEN CASES OF SMUGGLING TO
    AND THROUGH CANADA, SOME OF WHICH MAY BE CLASSIFIED AS
    "TRAFFICKING." MEXICANS, COSTA RICANS, CHINESE, AND RUSSIANS
    HAVE BEEN THE MAIN ORGANIZERS. IN 2002-2003, NUMEROUS
    MEXICANS FILED CLAIMS FOR REFUGEE STATUS IN CANADA AFTER
    HAVING BEEN SMUGGLED ONTO FLIGHTS TO MONTREAL.  TO DATE, THE
    ORGANIZERS BEHIND THIS RING HAVE NOT BEEN APPREHENDED.  IN
    ANOTHER CONTINUING CASE, VARIOUS GROUPS OF COSTA RICANS HAVE
    BEEN TRAVELING TO CANADA ON FALSIFIED CANADIAN VISAS. AFTER
    ARRIVING IN CANADA, THEY PROCEED TO A SECLUDED PART OF THE
    U.S.-CANADA BORDER AND FLEE TO THE U.S. SIDE. THIS OPERATION
    HAD BECOME SO ORGANIZED THAT SOME OF THE GROUPS WERE MET AT
    THE AIRPORT BY TOUR BUSES WHICH DROVE THEM TO THE BORDER.
    WHILE THE ROYAL MOUNTED CANADIAN POLICE RECENTLY ARRESTED
    THE KINGPIN OF THIS OPERATION, INTELLIGENCE REPORTS WARN OF
    AN ONGOING BATTLE WITH COSTA RICAN SMUGGLING.  IN OTHER
    INSTANCES, IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS APPREHENDED NUMEROUS
    CHINESE CITIZENS TRAVELING AS IMPOSTERS ON JAPANESE
    PASSPORTS. EACH PERSON REPORTEDLY PAID UP TO $30,000 FOR
    HIS/HER FAKE PASSPORT.  OFTEN TO GUARANTEE FULL PAYMENT, THE
    ORGANIZERS WOULD HOLD THE CUSTOMERS' FAMILIES HOSTAGE IN
    CHINA OR SUBJECT THEM TO FORCED LABOR. FINALLY, A CASE THAT
    IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION INVOLVES A RUSSIAN DUO
    SUSPECTED OF SMUGGLING ALIENS OF VARIOUS NATIONALITIES FROM
    CANADA TO THE UNITED STATES BY HIDING THEM INSIDE A TRACTOR
    TRAILER TRUCK. THE DUO CHARGES EACH FOREIGN NATIONAL $3,000
    AND TRANSPORTS 3-10 PEOPLE TO THE UNITED STATES ON EACH
    TRIP.  IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE
    MEN.

    POLICE CONTACT: AGENT SERGE MORIN (YOUTH AND STREET GANGS
    PORTFOLIO)
    ALLEN

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