Dream Job in Canada: Leticia Sarmiento

Leticia Sarmiento: For most of her adult life Leticia Sarmiento has looked after other peoples' children In Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Hong Kong. But she never thought her dream job in Canada would become a nightmare, according to CBC. The Filipino nanny openly sobbed while telling her story to a B.C. Supreme Court jury on Thursday, how she was tricked into coming to B.C. with the young family on the promise she'd work for two years, then become a permanent resident and A Vancouver couple is on trial for allegedly bringing a Filipino servant from Hong Kong to Canada illegally and forcing her to work in domestic servitude for several years. In a landmark case in B.C., her employers, Franco Orr and his wife Nicole Huen, are charged with human trafficking under the immigration act. The couple has pleaded not guilty, but if they are convicted they could face a maximum fine of $1 million, life in prison, or both. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.