A Male and Female Arrested as a Result of the Joint Waterloo-Guelph Human Trafficking Team

In October 2020, the Waterloo Regional Police Service’s Human Trafficking Unit began an investigation into human trafficking after police received information regarding a commercial sex trade business in the area of Townline Road in Cambridge. As a result of the investigation, a 35-year-old Cambridge woman has been charged with several criminal offences, including Receive Material Benefits and Advertising Sexual Services. A 63-year-old Elmira man has been charged with Procuring, Advertising Sexual Services, Receive Material Benefits, and Human Trafficking.

An identified victim has been provided with a safety plan and community resources in partnership with an embedded Human Trafficking Crisis Intervention counsellor from Victim Services.

Anyone with information relating to this incident, or anyone with information concerning potential human trafficking victims, are encouraged to contact the joint Waterloo-Guelph Human Trafficking team at intel.ht@wrps.on.ca 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.

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