Elizabeth Bainbridge
11-4-10
3:15 pm
Ferenc Domoter, a human trafficker in Hamilton, has been arrested and charged after committing fraud at least six times and possessing stolen property. He was taken to the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre in London. Ferenc has been the ring leader of a human trafficking ring in Hamilton. He has been partially responsible for tricking at least 19 Hungarian people into being trafficked to Canada, with the usual promises of good jobs. Instead these people have ended up being forced to work in his family’s construction business for no pay. Ten of Domoter’s family members have also been arrested for “unlawful recruitment,” exploitation of the workers, and stealing their important documents. Domoter had just been released from custody on October 20th after the justice of peace on human trafficking cases let him go with a $50,000 bail. Already, the man is back in custody for the committing fraud.
I’m glad that they have caught a ring leader of a human trafficking ring. It is always encouraging to hear when these human rights violators are stopped. Unfortunately, in this case, however, Domoter didn’t seem to learn his lesson the first time around. I’m disturbed by the fact that he continued his crimes less than a month after he was released from prison. It seems to me that in order to be calloused enough to do something like this to innocent people, a person would have to be completely morally calloused. It’s still hard for me to grasp that it’s going on all over the world, every single day. This article was helpful, but didn’t give specific information about the alleged frauds or what type of stolen property he had in his possession.
http://www.thespec.com/news/crime/article/273431--new-charges-in-human-trafficking
2 comments:
Its a global issue for sure. To me the only solution is to make it not profitable. The only way to do that is make crossing borders easier. That brings up many more issues too though.
I agree with Mark that eliminating the profit traffickers make would help slow/stop human trafficking. However I disagree that opening up borders would be sufficient enough to eliminate trafficking. Individuals seeking work placement outside their home nation might still need transportation, housing and employment, and seek loans which would give smugglers and traffickers incentive to continue their work.
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