OTTAWA - Strip clubs are not involved in human trafficking and should not be targeted in any campaign to stop what is described as modern-day slavery.

"I can say quite confidently that police should not be including licenced adult entertainment clubs," said Tim Lambrinos, executive director of the Adult Entertainment Association of Canada.

Lambrinos admits that his industry has a bad reputation but he says strip clubs have changed.

"Can police name one person, one club owner in the last five years that has been convicted or even charged?" said Lambrinos. "I haven't been contacted by the RCMP. Not once!"

While club owners may not have been charged others have been, including several cases still before the courts. At least two of those cases involved underaged women who police say were coerced into stripping, eventually leading to prostitution.

"If police really want to help these women they should be working with us," said Lambrinos.

Lambrinos said the women in these cases were taken advantage of by pimps and agents. There are an estimated 5,000 licenced exotic dancers in the Toronto area alone, 99% work problem free, said Lambrinos.