NEWS RELEASE
WATERLOO REGIONAL POLICE SERVICE
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Police have charged a Brampton male with 15 human trafficking-related offences after receiving a call from a female requiring assistance at a Cambridge hotel.
On April 11, 2022, at approximately 9:45 a.m., police responded to a hotel in the area of Holiday Inn Drive and located a female who had contacted police for assistance. The female was immediately taken to a place of safety.
A male was located a short time later and placed under arrest.
As a result of the investigation, officers from the Joint Waterloo-Guelph Human Trafficking Team have charged a 26-year-old Brampton male with the following offences:
- Trafficking in persons
- Procuring
- Material benefit resulting from trafficking in person
- Advertise sexual services
- Point a firearm
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm
- Uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm
- Assault cause bodily harm
- Kidnapping
- Possession of an identity document
- Mischief under $5,000
- Forcible confinement
- Three counts of breach release order
The male was held in police custody for a bail hearing.
The victim has been provided with wrap-around support services from Victim Services.
Anyone with information relating to this incident, or anyone with information concerning potential human trafficking victims, is encouraged to contact the Joint Waterloo-Guelph Human Trafficking Team at [email protected] or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
The Joint Waterloo-Guelph Human Trafficking Team has been made possible by a grant from the Proceeds of Crime Front-Line Policing Grant through the Ministry of the Solicitor General.
Occ: 22-079503 (985)
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