Sex trafficking investigation reveals one of Ontario's biggest secrets

Police estimate that every day, thousands of local underage girls and young women across the province are being trafficked. They are being forced by pimps into prostitution -- in what has become known as "The Game."

Earlier this month, a provincial legislative committee reported that Ontario has become what it calls a  "major hub" for human trafficking and sexual violence in Canada. In response to that report, Premier Kathleen Wynne acknowledged that the province has fallen behind in the fight, and pledged to do, "...everything we can to be part of a solution to this problem."

Olivia Carville is the reporter behind the Toronto Star's investigation into sex trafficking in Ontario.

She spent two months gathering information from criminal trafficking cases, federal government documents, interviews with girls and women who'd been trafficked, parents, social workers and police officers from four major regions across the Greater Toronto Area, as well as an accused pimp who is behind bars awaiting trial. 
 

This segment was produced by The Current's Catherine Kalbfleisch.