Dömötör-Kolompár criminal organization explained

Dömötör-Kolompár criminal organization
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Location:Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Language:Romani
Leader Title:Leader
Leader Name:Ferenc Dömötör
Leader Title2:Second-in-command
Leader Name2:Gyula Dömötör

The Dömötör-Kolompár criminal organization was a Canadian human trafficking ring that was dismantled.[1] This crime family from Pápa, Hungary moved to Canada en masse and applied for refugee status.[2] The organization was composed of an extended Romani family, and they settled in Hamilton, Ontario.[3] They lured up to 19 people from Pápa to Hamilton starting in 2008 and then used them as unfree labour, forcing them to do construction work without paying them.[4] [5] The Royal Canadian Mounted Police issued approximately 60 charges against members of the organization.[6]

Ferenc Dömötör, the leader of the organization, was arrested on October 9, 2010, and charged with fraud and human trafficking.[7] Nine members pleaded guilty to charges of human trafficking, and 17 members were convicted of related offences.[8] Gyula Dömötör, the man with the second highest position in the organization, received a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence, the harshest sentence anyone had ever received in Canada for human trafficking at that time,[9] until Ferenc Dömötör later received a 9-year prison sentence.[10] Michael Csoke of the Hamilton Police Fugitive Apprehension Unit, who was part of the initial investigation into the organization's activities, criticized Canada's immigration laws for being so lax as to allow the Dömötörs and the Kolompárs into the country.[11] Twenty members of the family were deported.[12]

Notes and References

  1. News: The London Free Press. Head of human trafficking ring gets 9 years. Ian Robertson. April 3, 2012. November 19, 2013. August 16, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170816104556/http://www.lfpress.com/news/canada/2012/04/03/19590556.html. dead.
  2. News: The London Free Press. Human trafficking kingpin to be deported. Rob Lamberti. March 2, 2012. November 19, 2013.
  3. News: The Hamilton Spectator. Accused human traffickers waive preliminary hearing. June 15, 2011. November 19, 2013.
  4. News: National Post. Ferenc Domotor sentenced to nine years in prison in Canada's largest-ever human trafficking ring. Samina Esha. April 4, 2012. November 19, 2013.
  5. News: The Globe and Mail. Judge hands down Canada's toughest penalty for human trafficking. Adrian Morrow. March 29, 2012. November 19, 2013.
  6. News: The Hamilton Spectator. New charges in human trafficking case. December 18, 2010. November 19, 2013.
  7. News: Chatham Daily News. Human trafficking charge laid. Tamara Cherry. October 12, 2010. November 19, 2013. https://archive.today/20131120005939/http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/2010/10/12/human-trafficking-charge-laid. November 20, 2013. dead.
  8. News: The Hamilton Spectator. Toews thanks team for stopping human traffickers. Nicole O'Reilly. June 9, 2012. November 19, 2013.
  9. News: The Globe and Mail. Judge hands down Canada's toughest penalty for human trafficking. Adrian Morrow. March 29, 2012. November 19, 2013.
  10. News: The Hamilton Spectator. Slavery boss given record 9-year sentence. Nicole O'Reilly. April 4, 2012. November 19, 2013.
  11. News: The Hamilton Spectator. International criminals slipping into Canada. Michael Csoke. April 17, 2012. November 19, 2013.
  12. Web site: Canada deports 20 human traffickers back to Hungary. 22 July 2014.

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