RCMP lays charges after woman was kidnapped in Toronto and trafficked into Sask.
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A collaborative investigation of police services across the province has resulted in over a dozen charges being laid in a case that saw a woman be trafficked from Toronto all the way to Saskatchewan.
A collaborative investigation of police services across the province has resulted in over a dozen charges being laid in a case that saw a woman be trafficked from Toronto all the way to Saskatchewan.
RCMP outlined the investigation in a news release Tuesday.
At around 5:15 a.m. on Oct. 23, Saskatoon RCMP were called to a business in Dundurn for a reported kidnapping.
RCMP officers responded and found a woman from Ontario at the business. An investigation determined the woman was being held against her will.
Sask. RCMP’s Human Trafficking and Counter Exploitation Unit (HTCEU) was contacted and an investigation began.
HTCEU investigators determined the woman had been forcibly taken from Toronto – after which she was human trafficked in various places in Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
As a result of the investigation, a 51-year-old man from Chambly, Que. has been charged with 14 criminal counts.
