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Participation à un groupe organisé

Traite des personnes

Domotor et al

Résumé des faits

All the accused were immigrants from Hungary and related to one another by birth or marriage.

All of the alleged victims were Hungarian nationals (of Roma background) recruited in Hungary.  None of the victims spoke any English.

The victims had all been relieved of all their travel documents by their Canadian hosts and were taken to various banks to open bank accounts and to obtain access and debit cards.  These items were confiscated from them. They were then prompted to file refugee status claims on the basis of fraudulent accounts of having been persecuted in Hungary because of their ethnicity.  They were then taken to local social services agencies to apply for monetary assistance. Money received from this source was retained by the accused. They were employed as labourers in construction businesses operated by some of the accused and not compensated or minimally compensated for their labour. Although the victims were housed and fed, it appears that they were subjected to intimidation and that their ability to move within the community was controlled. They were threatened with physical violence and death, as were their relatives in Hungary. Several of the recruits were told to participate in the theft of mail from Canada Post mailboxes. The objective was to obtain cheques from the mail, negotiate them by depositing them to bank accounts, and later withdrawing the cash.  It is estimated they obtained CAD1,000,000 using this method.

The accused profited from this human trafficking enterprise through the unpaid labour of the recruits, by retaining social assistance payments intended for others, and very substantially through the theft of cheques from the mail.

Auteur:
UNODC

Mots-clefs

Trafficking in Persons Protocol:
Artículo 5, Protocole contre la traite des personnes
Actes:
Recrutement
Transport
Transfert
Hébergement
Accueil
Moyens:
Tromperie
Abus d’autorité ou d’une situation de vulnérabilité
Fins d’exploitation:
Travail ou les services forcés
Formes de la Traite:
Transnationale
Groupe criminel organisé
Secteur dans lequel l'exploitation a lieu:
Construction
Coopération internationale:
Entraide judiciaire

Questions transversales

Responsabilité

Responsabilité pour

• Infraction consommée

Responsabilité fondée sur

• Intention criminelle

Responsabilité impliquant

• Auteur principal (d’une infraction)

Commission d’une infraction

Détails

• Impliqué dans un groupe criminel organisé (Article 2(a) CTOC)
• Produite dans un (ou plusieurs) des frontières internationales (transnational)

Pays concernés

Canada

Hongrie

Considérations liées à l'égalité des genres

Détails

• Questions relatives à la problématique femmes-hommes
• Auteur principal féminin

Informations sur la procédure

Système juridique:
Droit commun
Décision judiciaire la plus récente:
Tribunal de première instance
Type d'Action Juridique:
Criminel / pénal
1st Instance

Superior Court of Justice, Ontario, 26 January 2011, application for bail dismissed.

 
 

Victime / Demandeurs de la première instance

Victime:
Same status for 19 victims
Sexe:
Homme
Nationalité:
Hongrois

Défendeurs / Répondants de la première instance

Prévenu:
Ferenc Domotor
Sexe:
Homme
Nationalité:
Hongrois
Raisonnement juridique:

1st Instance

Superior Court of Justice, Ontario, 26 January 2011, application for bail dismissed.

The present case involves four bail reviews concerning the four accused charged in the same information, along with six others who were charged with various offences under the Criminal Code (Canada). The four persons in question faced charges of trafficking in persons (s.279.01), withholding travel, identity or immigration status documents (s.279.03), receiving a material benefit primarily in the form of unpaid labour (s.279.02), and defrauding the City of Hamilton concerning payments under the Ontario Works Act (s. 380(1)(b)).  The application for bail was dismissed and the four accused remained in detention pending their trial.

Prévenu:
Gyongi Kolompar
Sexe:
Femme
Nationalité:
Hongrois
Raisonnement juridique:

As above (see defendant 1)

Prévenu:
Ferenc Karadi
Sexe:
Homme
Nationalité:
Hongrois
Raisonnement juridique:

As above (see defendant 1)

Prévenu:
Gyula Domotor
Sexe:
Homme
Nationalité:
Hongrois
Raisonnement juridique:

As above (see defendant 1)

Accusations / Demandes d’indemnité / Décisions

Prévenu:
Ferenc Domotor
Législation/Code:
s 279.01 Criminal Code (Canada)
Détails de charges:
Human Trafficking
Législation/Code:
Section 279.03 Criminal Code (Canada)
Détails de charges:
Withholding travel documents
Législation/Code:
Section 279.02 Criminal Code (Canada)
Détails de charges:
Benefit from unpaid labour
Législation/Code:
Section 380(1)(b) Ontario Works Act (Ont)
Détails de charges:
Defrauding City of Hamilton
Prévenu:
Gyongi Kolompar
Législation/Code:
Section 279.01 Criminal Code (Canada)
Détails de charges:
Human Trafficking
Législation/Code:
Section 279.03 Criminal Code (Canada)
Détails de charges:
Withholding travel documents
Législation/Code:
Section 279.02 Criminal Code (Canada)
Détails de charges:
Benefit from unpaid labour
Législation/Code:
Section 380(1)(b) Ontario Works Act (Ont)
Détails de charges:
Defrauding City of Hamilton
Prévenu:
Ferenc Karadi
Législation/Code:
Section 279.01 Criminal Code (Canada)
Détails de charges:
Human Trafficking
Législation/Code:
Section 279.03 Criminal Code (Canada)
Détails de charges:
Withholding travel documents
Législation/Code:
Section 279.02 Criminal Code (Canada)
Détails de charges:
Benefit from unpaid labour
Législation/Code:
Section 380(1)(b) Ontario Works Act (Ont)
Détails de charges:
Defrauding City of Hamilton
Prévenu:
Gyula Domotor
Législation/Code:
Section 279.01 Criminal Code (Canada)
Détails de charges:
Human Trafficking
Législation/Code:
Section 279.03 Criminal Code (Canada)
Détails de charges:
Withholding travel documents
Législation/Code:
Section 279.02 Criminal Code (Canada)
Détails de charges:
Benefit from unpaid labour
Législation/Code:
Section 380(1)(b) Ontario Works Act (Ont)
Détails de charges:
Defrauding City of Hamilton

Tribunal

Superior Court of Justice, Ontario

Pièces jointes/annexes