SP bust in Ottawa
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Ottawa police charge two girls, 15, with running prostitution ring
Postmedia News June 11, 2012 1:03 PM
OTTAWA — Two 15-year-old girls face multiple charges in relation to a human trafficking investigation by Ottawa Police.
The two girls, who can't be named because of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, face multiple criminal charges after three incidents in which police say underage girls were forced into prostitution.
A third suspect, a 17-year-old girl, is still at large.
Police said three female victims between 13 and 17 years of age were taken to an Ottawa residence before being driven to other locations in the city for the purposes of prostitution.
The two suspects were arrested on June 8 and 9. They face charges of human trafficking, procuring, forcible confinement, assault, sexual assault, robbery, abduction and uttering threats.
Postmedia News June 11, 2012 1:03 PM
OTTAWA — Two 15-year-old girls face multiple charges in relation to a human trafficking investigation by Ottawa Police.
The two girls, who can't be named because of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, face multiple criminal charges after three incidents in which police say underage girls were forced into prostitution.
A third suspect, a 17-year-old girl, is still at large.
Police said three female victims between 13 and 17 years of age were taken to an Ottawa residence before being driven to other locations in the city for the purposes of prostitution.
The two suspects were arrested on June 8 and 9. They face charges of human trafficking, procuring, forcible confinement, assault, sexual assault, robbery, abduction and uttering threats.
Seems to me that this is both legally and morally quite different from being an "SP bust in Ottawa."
Y'know, it's possible that the girls were told by their bosses that since they were minors if they ever got arrested to keep quiet, and were hit with all these charges so they'll make a plea deal and inform law enforcement about who they were actually working for.
As a cynic, I don't think it's a coincidence that this arrest in our nation's capital took place days after The Harper Government publicized and launched new anti-human-trafficking measures.
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2012/06/06/feds-launch-new-anti-human-trafficking-measures
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2012/06/06/feds-launch-new-anti-human-trafficking-measures
Cynical, Hell that's conspiracy theory territory. Ottawa Police started an investigation or is it held off on making arrests waiting for the Government to announce new anti-trafficking initiatives.
