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'People are looking for the kidnapping or the white van... and that's just not what it looks like'

'People are looking for the kidnapping or the white van... and that's just not what it looks like'

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Most people probably don't think there is a big risk of human trafficking on P.E.I., that it happens only in big cities. The reality is that it happens everywhere. To find out what trafficking looks like here, and how people can protect themselves, Louise Martin of CBC News: Compass talked to Dina Unger and Adelee MacNevin from an advocacy group called EVENforONE.

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