Domestic Servitude: Human Trafficking

human trafficking: VANCOUVER - A young woman from East Africa had lived a life of hardship and poverty before meeting the employer who eventually brought her to Canada and allegedly forced her into domestic servitude, a human trafficking trial heard Wednesday. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The alleged victim, wearing glasses and a black outfit, testified at B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday that she began working as a housekeeper for Ladha in Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania, when she was about 14 years old. Seen through a window, Mumtaz Ladha, left, and lawyer Tony Paisana talk at the end of the first day of a human trafficking trial at B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, B.C., on September 4, 2013. A young woman from East Africa had lived a life of hardship and poverty before meeting the employer who eventually brought her to Canada and allegedly forced her into domestic servitude, a human trafficking trial heard Wednesday. The employer, 60-year-old Canadian citizen Mumtaz Ladha, is facing several charges, including the human-trafficking of the 26-year-old Tanzanian woman who cannot be identified under a publication ban. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck The employer, 60-year-old Canadian citizen Mumtaz Ladha, is facing several charges, including the human-trafficking of the 26-year-old Tanzanian woman who cannot be identified under a publication ban. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.