http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/canada_sex_immigrationTORONTO (AFP) - The Canadian government is denying reports its visa officers are sifting through hundreds of nude photos from women hoping to enter the country to work as strippers and exotic dancers.
But immigration officials admit they do require photographic evidence from applicants of their trade -- and say its all done to crack down on trafficking in women.
Eyebrows were raised in May when reports from Mexico said immigration officers were ferreting through pictures of strippers to ensure they were bona fide visa applicants.
"We never, never ask for nude photographs," Immigration Canada spokeswoman Maria Iadinardi told AFP.