Human Trafficking and Janos Acs

Janos Acs: The 60-year-old suicide, near Emerald Street North, ended a troubled life that authorities thought they had saved. , according to Hamilton Spectator. The now infamous Domotor-Kolompar criminal organization was dismantled in 2010 and stands as the largest human trafficking case in Canadian history. Twenty-three members of the extended family were convicted of various charges between 2012 and 2013. "I feel very much betrayed and I'm pretty frustrated," Janos Acs told the Spectator In the early evening hours of June 10, Janos Acs walked onto train tracks in central Hamilton and lay down to die. Acs was among more than 20 people rescued in 2009 by from the hands of human traffickers who lured them from their native Hungary on the false promise of work. Despite the successful prosecution of his abusers and that he and other victims were given safe haven in Canada, Acs lived out his free days moving in and out of shelters, struggling to find work and drinking heavily. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.