Bench press.

• Jurisdiction: Canada
• Author: Mitchell, Teresa
• Date: 01 July 2012

1. Toughest Sentence Ever for Human Trafficking

   Justice Stephen Glithero of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice sentenced Gyula Domotor to 7 1/2 years in prison for human trafficking, the longest sentence ever given in Canada for this criminal offence. Mr. Domotor was charged under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act with conspiring to traffic in human beings and participating in a criminal organization. He pled guilty to the charges. The Judge heard that the accused was part of a Hungarian crime family that lured men and women from Hungary to Canada with promises of a better life. Once here, they were forced to work for free for the family's stucco company, and to work on private homes for the family and their friends. One victim beat his own arm with a tool so he could not work one day and then fled. The Judge said "These people, in the eyes of Mr. Domotor and his co-conspirators were nothing more than chattel to be used to further their own gain." Ten people have pled guilty to a variety of charges in this case and await sentence.

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