Safe room opened at Edmonton airport to help human trafficking victims
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The Edmonton International Airport has opened a safe room intended to support victims of human trafficking and domestic violence, or those experiencing tragedy.
Ten years ago, a speeding BMW driven by an intoxicated man lost control and crashed in front of an apartment building on Whyte Avenue in south Edmonton, killing the young woman inside it and claiming the 30-year-old driver’s life a month later.
The story made headlines because of the terrible collision, but what wasn’t known at the time: the 21-year-old woman was a mother named Maddison Fraser who was being sex trafficked and the driver was a John who had paid to abuse her.
Fraser was an athlete and national boxing champion, who aspired to become a nurse — but it wouldn’t come to pass.
“Maddison was manipulated and lured into trafficking by someone she believed cared for her,” said musician Paul Brandt, the co-chair of the Alberta Centre to End Trafficking in Persons and founder of #NotInMyCity.
Her mother Jennifer Holleman previously told Global News her daughter was lured from Nova Scotia to Alberta to work in the sex trade by her boyfriend.
Then, the abuse began — she was beaten, her hair set on fire, burnt with cigarettes and lighters, and sexually assaulted.
“That relationship quickly turned into a nightmare of control, violence, and exploitation. Madison was moved from city to city,” Brandt said.
Brandt said her mom tried to free the girl from her pimp, to no avail.
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