Treena Barton, Sgt. with Vancouver (BC) Police Department, who, along with her partner Charli Gagnon, took down a human trafficking syndicate working out of Vancouver's Yaletown district.

The detectives' investigation uncovered an extensive network across Canada and the U.S. which they exposed with the collaboration of numerous agencies in both countries. 

Charli Gagnon, Sgt. with Vancouver (BC) Police Department, who, along with her partner, Treena Barton investigated the disappearance of numerous Vancouver women from the Yaletown district.

Gagnon went undercover and posed as a partier to entrap numerous actors in the criminality rescuing numerous women being prepared to transport across Canada. 

Joselyn Washington is a California Bureau of Investigation agent working out of the agency's San Diego office within twenty minutes of her La Jolla home which she enjoys with her partner.

Washington is introduced to readers in Social Secrets connecting with Karen Winthrop and Tom Hortonn in their human trafficking investigation. The three meet in person at the Westin New York Grand Central two days before the United Nations symposium on international human trafficking was scheduled.

Marc opened another Marc Stucki's Steak and Seafood restaurant in Vancouver, British Columbia on False Creek next to the railroad station. The characters dine there regularly sharing particlars of their investigations. Marc portrays himself, an executive chef in Kelowna, BC. 

Jessica is from Toronto, graduated from the University of California Berkeley with a law degree and spent twenty years with the Secret Service. Her Dad is a University of Toronto professor and her Mom is an assistant to a member of parliament. 

Jessica moved her law practice from Santa Barbara, California to Vancouver, British Columbia on the shore of False Creek where she offers legal services to the women's centre she helped create, pro-bono.

A retired Secret Service Agent who operated a private investigation business in Santa Barbara, California with life partner Dr. Penelope Barker. They invest in Marc Stucki's second restaurant at False Creek Vancouver, British Columbia and purchase a condo next to Jessica.

The duo volunteer instructing women at the centre in self-defense on weekends. 

They're hired by various insurance companies to retrieve stolen, insured goods which takes them to Europe and South America.

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The creator of CHAP, the American interagency data sharing system, currently detailed out of the White House on special assignment to the President.

The retired veterinarian moved her private investigator practice with life partner Rebecca Simpson to Vancouver. Barker's French language skills become invaluable as they negotiate with French buyers of million dollar stamps. 

A retired Secret Service Agent, former Delta Agent and high school teacher.

Jackson was recruited from the FBI by the Secret Service where he was under cover as a high school History teacher. Pennington is currently a principal with “J” Team Investigations in Santa Barbara, California and social saxophone player at Marc Stucki's Steak House in Santa Barbara, California.

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An RCMP officer, currently attached to Inspector Lorne Wood’s Anti-Money Laundering unit.

Anne Marie Clark portrays herself as she joins the newly formed Surrey Police Service.

She unites with the joint investigation into human trafficking with colleagues in the Vancouver Police Department, RCMP Inspector Karen Winthrop and Toronto Police Service Staff Sgt. Tom Horton.

She teams with the above officers in building a case against a Mexican drug cartel in Vancouver, BC.

A retired Secret Service Agent and principal with “J” Team Investigations in Santa Barbara, California.

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Spencer is from Los Angeles where he served as an LAPD patrol officer, then under cover as an importer of illegal automatic firearms. He joined the Secret Service chasing Al Qaeda operatives in North Africa before joining the “J” Team. 

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A retired Secret Service Agent formerly assigned to Britain’s MI6 tracking terrorists' finances by hacking databases of terrorist groups.​

After joining the "J" Team she went undercover as a middle school computer skills teacher in StoneHead, Wyoming.

While Rebecca & Pen moved to Vancouver, BC, Elisabeth, Jason & Jackson remain in Santa Barbara operating the Team's investigative business. 

Winthrop began her RCMP career as a Sky Marshal, flying with Air Canada to various locations in North America as their on-board law enforcement. She meets Jessica in that capacity and a solid friendship develops while training and shopping with Jessica's Mom.

Winthrop is currently collaborating with the Surrey Police Service and Vancouver Police Department investigating drug cartel activity in British Columbia.

Hortonn was a classmate of Karen Winthrop at the University of Ottawa and become reacquainted at a training session in Toronto and quickly develop a romantic relationship. 

He is seconded to the RCMP and joins Karen on various international investigations.  

The duo purchase a condominium on English Bay from where they work their cases. 

Wood creates a task force investigating human trafficking in North America and the European Union.

His team consists of officers with the Vancouver Police Department, Inspector Karen Winthrop, Toronto Police Service Staff Sgt. Tom Hortonn and Anne-Marie Clark with the Surrey Police Service.